Stories by Jen Lynds

9 years ago

Monticello residents agree to sell school

Fourteen months after the decision was made to close the Wellington School, the town’s Board of Selectmen were given permission last week to sell the building.

9 years ago

Stacyville man indicted on several charges after car hits church

Stacyville man indicted on several charges
after car hits church

CARIBOU, Maine — A 46-year-old Stacyville man was indicted on several charges by the Aroostook County grand jury after the car he was driving veered out of control this past summer and hit a church in Sherman.

9 years ago

Former SA coach’s lawsuit allowed to proceed

DYER BROOK, Maine — A federal judge has ruled that a former longtime baseball coach and athletic director at Southern Aroostook Community High School can proceed with his lawsuit against the local school district and two of its superintendents for allegedly retaliating against him for being outspoken against school consolidation.

9 years ago

Houlton resolves dispatching service

HOULTON, Maine — After a nearly two-hour meeting fraught with emotion and deep frustration, town councilors agreed by consensus last week not to eliminate the dispatching services provided through the Houlton Police Department.

9 years ago

Councilors reject group’s offer to build public restrooms

HOULTON, Maine — Even though privately raised funds would pay for the cost of restrooms in Riverfront Park, town councilors on Tuesday evening shot down a request for permission to build them because the town would have to foot the bill for maintenance.

9 years ago

Haunted by 1972 disappearance of brother’s plane

It was the tap on the shoulder while he was at work, 43 years ago, that changed Jerome Hogan’s life forever.

“I can still see it happening right in front of me,” the Bangor man said recently. “One of my co-workers tapped me on the shoulder and said, ‘Isn’t Lewis Hogan Jr. your brother?’”

Hogan said he turned around to face his colleague.

9 years ago

Future farmers still visible

     EASTON, Maine — Fifty years ago, every school in Aroostook County had a bustling Future Farmers of America Club.

9 years ago

Emergency personnel train for rail attack

First responders from police, fire and ambulance departments from Orono to Madawaska gathered with state and county emergency management officials here over the weekend to train for a dangerous chemical spill from a possible terrorist attack on a rail car.

9 years ago

Grant aimed at better care of inmate health

HOULTON, Maine — A $24,000 state grant will help the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office improve substance abuse and mental health treatment services for inmates at the Aroostook County Jail.