EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- East Millinocket is giving the town's residents another chance to vote on creating a national park on 75,000 acres of nearby forested land owned by Roxanne Quimby and her son Lucas St. Clair.

In 2011, the town rejected the proposal of the North Woods national park in a private vote. Now the town's Chairman of the Board of Selectmen said changes to the proposal would allow snowmobiling, hunting, fishing and other traditional outdoor activities that many people might not know about.

Those opposed to the plan fear that federal regulation of the park would affect the area's forest product industry, ruin any potential for the paper mill to reopen, and only create seasonal jobs. However, the chairman said the town needs to start taking steps towards rebuilding the local economy.

A death in the family affects every member from the oldest to the youngest.  A child’s grief may be expressed in ways that are different from an adult’s.  Evergreen is Pine Tree Hospice’s program for children, teens, and their families who are experiencing grief.  It provides a safe place for kids to share their experience of grief with others who are also in the process of working through their grief and loss.  Trained bereavement facilitators use a variety of activities to encourage expression.  Participants may talk about their experience or choose not to talk. 

I was invited by MaineHealth to "watch" a Twitter chat recently. It was organized by the Maine Health Learning Resource Center and was its first ever.

For those of you who don't know, a Twitter chat is a live conversation on Twitter centered around a specific topic. In this case, since it's American Heart month, the conversation was about heart health. Read the Catching Health blog to find out what I learned — about participating in a Twitter chat and about how to have a healthy heart.