Stories by Jen Lynds

8 years ago

Veteran deputy retires from Sheriff’s Office

Sgt. Kris Miller  

HOULTON, Maine — A longtime deputy from the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office who performed numerous tasks and did “every one of them with a smile,” according to the sheriff, was lauded during her recent retirement party.

Deputy Sheriff Sgt. Kris Miller of Ludlow said goodbye to friends, colleagues and a large group of active and retired sheriff’s office employees 27 years after she first stepped through the doors of the facility into the position of corrections officer.

8 years ago

Program offers Narcan at tribal clinics to address overdoses

HOULTON, Maine — The problem of opioid abuse has impacted residents statewide, resulting in an increase in overdoses across the state, including Maine’s five Native American tribes, according to the head of a nonprofit prescription drug abuse prevention program.

The statewide increase in overdoses is why the tribes were targeted by Diversion Alert and the Husson School of Pharmacy as part of a new initiative called Wabanaki Pathway to Hope and Healing, which includes Take Home Naloxone programs in each of the five tribal clinics in the state.

8 years ago

Women uninjured in crash

Women uninjured in crash

EASTON, Maine — Two women escaped injury on Saturday after a two-car crash on the Station Road in Easton, according to Aroostook County Sheriff Darrell Crandall.

8 years ago

Littleton family receives new home

LITTLETON, Maine — A Littleton family traded in their pre-1976 mobile home for a brand new home last week thanks to some support from the Aroostook County Action Program and the Maine State Housing Authority.

8 years ago

New playground equipment installed in Riverfront Park

HOULTON, Maine — Progress continues to be made on Riverfront Park, as new playground equipment was recently installed in the area.

Nancy Ketch, grant writer and community development director, said last week that the equipment was installed approximately two weeks ago.

8 years ago

Houlton man indicted of kidnapping, terrorizing

HOULTON, Maine — A Houlton man charged with kidnapping in March after allegedly holding the woman he was in a relationship with captive for several hours has been indicted on numerous related charges.

Aroostook County District Attorney Todd Collins released the results last Tuesday of the grand jury indictments handed down on June 9.

8 years ago

Woman rolls car to avoid animal

MONTICELLO, Maine — A local woman swerved to avoid hitting an animal in the road and ended up rolling her vehicle down a small embankment Friday.
8 years ago

Restaurant opens at Houlton golf course

Talent, taste, and view… oh my!

NEW LIMERICK, Maine — After 40 years in the restaurant industry, Bill Roderick and Nancy Levin were getting tired of being in the business full time.

8 years ago

Mars Hill boy raises awareness with purple toilet

     MARS HILL, Maine — As a mother, Jennifer Boyd knew something was wrong four years ago, when her then 6-year-old son, Wendell Boyd, began vomiting every morning and would return home from school with his snack sitting uneaten in his bag.

8 years ago

Parents struggling to explain Orlando shootings

HOULTON, Maine — Maria Nickerson of Houlton, like many others across the country, was “stunned, shocked and horrified” about the shooting of 49 people and the injury to more than 50 others on the morning of June 12, 2016 at Pulse, a popular gay bar and dance club in Orlando, Florida.