We'd like to welcome you to the Katahdin Commons, the primary discussion forum for the Katahdin region of Maine. Based in Millinocket, the majority of our members thus far are from Millinocket, East Millinocket, and Medway, but we have members from Piscataquis County as well, and welcome the participation of those in other parts of the Katahdin region, including Stacyville, Sherman, Patten, Mount Chase, and anyone else in the general area of Mount Katahdin, such as Brownville, Milo, Dover-Foxcroft, and beyond, even into the Moosehead Lake region.

In fact, we have members from all over the country and world, many of them expatriates or others who have a connection to the Katahdin area, and others who have relatives here. There are no regional membership requirements.

While many of the topics that come up for discussion at the Katahdin Commons are regional in nature, many others are not. Sure, you'll find discussions, and even debates, on local politics here, but you'll also find state and national political issues, fishing, snowmobiling, ATVs, and other forms of outdoor recreation, as well as philosophy, education, recipes and television shows. If we're not talking about anything that interests you, we welcome you to begin a discussion about something that you care about.

Forum

Once known as the Katahdin Area Community (BBS) Forum, when it was a part of the Magic City Morning Star site, our membership is growing, and expanding to include more parts of the Katahdin region.

While we sometimes close the forum to unregistered guests, most days you are welcome to visit most areas of the forum without registering, but we encourage you to register and to participate, whether you are from here or not.

To view the forum, just click on the forum link above. Registration is easy, and you'll find that we don't ask a lot of personal questions, respecting your option to remain anonymous.

Region

Please visit our regional wiki, or help us to assemble it, if you wish.

The wiki is new, and there may not be a lot of content to begin with. But in time, and with your help, we hope to have a comprehensive profile of the Katahdin region, as it is today, as well as its history and its hopes for the future.

Registration is not required, but we encourage anyone who is going to help us compile this resource to create an account, and everyone is invited to help us complete this project, intended to reach any community within sight of Mount Katahdin.

Don't be afraid to add your own business, church, or organization.

Shop

Membership in the Katahdin Commons is free, and we would like to keep it as free of annoying advertisements as possible.

However, there are costs involved in maintaining this site, including domain registration, server costs, tech support, and other things that come up from time to time.

In order to help defray our actual costs, and to save up for future upgrades to the Katahdin Commons, we have put together a shopping site, where you can shop an impressive selection of products, shop online, and enjoy good prices, while we receive a small commission on any sales generated.

To access our shopping site, please use the SHOP menu item above.

Donate

Each month, our hosting bill comes due. If not paid, the site goes down, so we're depending on our members and others to help us out with that.

We are utilizing a program set up by our web host that will allow you to contribute directly to our hosting costs, using a credit card, debit card, or PayPal.

Your contribution is managed by Dreamhost, which provides our server space. We are told that you have made a contribution, and the amount, but your donation does not go directly to us, nor do we have access to any of your financial information.

For additional information, please click on the DONATE menu item above.