A former member of the elite Marine Silent Drill Platoon and a veteran of Afghanistan, John Wayne Nelson has overcome a traumatic brain injury to start Deltacom Coffee, with profits going to help veteran groups.
Sportsmen's groups want to see water cascading over the spectacular falls on the Androscoggin River year-round, not just in the spring and following heavy rainstorms due to water being diverted away from the falls.
Phillips is being investigated by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection for damaging Atlantic salmon habitat along the South Branch of the Sandy River.