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🌱 Have you actually turned down the gravel road to River Drivers?

Millinocket, Maine Patch AM: a 4 min read

Greetings Millinocket! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Have you actually turned down the gravel road to River Drivers?
  • Why Millinocket made a national list of must-visit small towns.

Also on today's calendar: Songs for Elizabeth: A Benefit Concert Featuring Gene Shields, Renee St. Jean, and Friends and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: An a.m. shower; mostly sunny, with a high of 63 and low of 36 degrees.
  • Sunday: Turning cloudy, temps: high: 60, low: 46.
  • Monday: Mostly cloudy with a shower, with a high of 59 and low of 43 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Most Visitors Drive Past This Northern Maine Restaurant Without Realizing What They Miss (takingthekids.com) — River Drivers Restaurant at Twin Pines Road in Millinocket is highlighted as a hidden gem where locals and visitors can eat hearty Maine comfort food while looking out over Millinocket Lake and Mount Katahdin. The story walks you through its logging-era history, salvaged river-log interior, and year-round role as a base camp for rafting, hiking, snowmobiling, and family getaways in the North Woods.
   

• 9 Idyllic Small Towns In The United States To Visit In 2026 (worldatlas.com) — Millinocket earns a prime spot on this list of 2026 small-town getaways, praised for its forests, rivers, and easy access to Baxter State Park and Katahdin. The piece notes the town’s snowmobile trails, outfitters, restaurants, bars, and local arts-and-crafts shops, positioning Millinocket as a year-round base for hiking, paddling, skiing, and souvenir hunting in Maine’s North Woods.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Dunkin' posted a job opening for Crew Members in Millinocket. Apply here.
  • Family Dollar posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Millinocket. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Millinocket here.

🗞 Nearby News

Dover-Foxcroft

  • Center Theatre to host free Theatrical Auditions Workshop (observer-me.com)
  • Cony and Lawrence square off in battle of unbeatens in high school football (bangordailynews.com)

Old Town

  • Partners for Peace celebrates Domestic Violence Awareness Month (bangordailynews.com)
  • Central boys sneak past Old Town (foxbangor.com)
  • Dunlap wants to represent the Maine district he's spent his life in (wmtw.com)

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Ok Millinocket! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Millinocket

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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Millinocket

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.