Stories by Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli

1 year ago

Festival of Trees kicks off on Friday in Houlton

The big red century-old barn on Foxcroft Avenue has again transformed into a holiday wonderland for the Houlton Health Services Foundation Festival of Trees slated to open on Friday Nov. 10.

1 year ago

Four vying for three seats on Houlton School Board

Long-time school board member Susan McLaughlin is seeking her third three-year term. Incumbent Michelle L. Henderson, elected to a one-year term in 2022, is seeking a three-year term in this year’s election. Write-in candidates Gary Lovell and Richard Tarr are competing for the remaining three-year seat.

1 year ago

Neo-Nazi sells Springfield property to Massachusetts man

Christopher Pohlhaus, founder of the neo-Nazi Blood Tribe, who co-owned the Springfield property with convicted felon Fred Boyd Ramey, has cleared everything, including his Nazi flag, from the property, according to listing photographs of the land.

1 year ago

Aroostook County steps up police patrols in wake of Lewiston mass shootings

The Houlton Police Department does not have any intelligence that indicates 40-year-old Robert R. Card II, a person of interest in the shootings who remains at large, is heading north toward the County, but they are taking precautions and working with the border patrol, said Chief Tim DeLuca.