A Town in Transition Economy Mars Millinocket with Uncertain Business Future

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MILLINOCKET - Richard Harmon's doors are about to open. Michele Osborne's will close today.

Though they are on opposite ends of the economic spectrum, the Millinocket residents have the same hope: that the town and Katahdin region economies will improve. They are among several business owners whose establishments are about to close or open due to, or in spite of, the temporary shutdown of the Katahdin Avenue paper mill and the national recession, they said.

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A Town in Transition Economy Mars Millinocket with Uncertain Business Future

"There's no money coming into this town. It's the economy," Osborne, co-owner of Lupine's, a Balsam Drive gift shop, said Wednesday. "That's really the only reason we are clos...

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