PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Casey Faulkingham, prevention and training coordinator with the Hope and Justice Project in Presque Isle, said during a recent interview that the agency saw an increase of domestic violence victims who have sought help over the past year.
Effort would preserve history
HOULTON, Maine — Jason Howe, a member of the board of trustees at the Aroostook Historical and Art Museum in Houlton, has always had an appreciation for local history.
His family first came to the community in 1820, so he grew up studying the area and become interested in genealogy a few years ago.
CARIBOU, Maine — Meteorologists with the National Weather Service in Caribou said that despite the rain that fell throughout the state Friday, it would “not be nearly enough” to temper drought conditions that are affecting much of Maine.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Casey Faulkingham, prevention and training coordinator with the Hope and Justice Project in Presque Isle, said during a recent interview that the agency saw an increase of domestic violence victims who have sought help over the past year.
HOULTON, Maine — Wanda Drew of Houlton said she has “never voted Democrat in her life” but one presidential candidate has ultimately changed her mind for the first time in 42 years — Donald Trump.
“Once they nominated him at the Republican National Convention, that was it,” she said last week. “I realized that I could not support a candidate who had made so many statements that were contrary to my beliefs, such as being unsupportive of women and against immigration. I knew that I just had to vote my heart this election cycle, which is what I am planning to do.”
HOULTON, Maine — The owners of a home located near a town-owned walking trail that runs through Riverfront Park appeared before the Town Council on Tuesday, Oct. 11, to ask the board to reopen a portion of the trail to vehicles to give them additional access to their property.
OAKFIELD, Maine — The trial of a Houlton man accused of killing an Oakfield couple has been rescheduled to start with jury selection on Dec. 2.
The trial will be held in Washington County Superior Court in Machias, a court clerk confirmed Tuesday.
Matthew Davis, 35, is accused of killing Michael Kitchen, 51, and Heidi Pratt, 49, on Monday, Sept. 23, 2013.The trial originally was to be heard in Houlton Superior Court last month, but a jury could not seated.
HOULTON, Maine — Officials at the Ark Animal Sanctuary are rehabilitating an approximately 5-week-old kitten they believe may have been deliberately thrown into a trash can in Crystal.
HOULTON, Maine — Brian Crane, 48, of Houlton, vividly remembers the day approximately 38 years ago that author Donn Fendler came to his school after his class had read and extensively studied his book, “Lost on A Mountain In Maine.”
Crane was in the sixth grade at the former Lambert School, which is now Greater Houlton Christian Academy in Houlton. After one of his classmates had written and asked Fendler to come and speak to the class, the author obliged.
Wanda Drew of Houlton said she has “never voted Democrat in her life” but one presidential candidate has ultimately changed her mind for the first time in 42 years — Donald Trump.
