HOULTON — The wreckage of a small plane that had gone missing early Thursday morning was found just before 9 a.m. in a wooded area about a half mile from the runway at Houlton International airport. Parts of the plane were found in a small man-made pond off White Settlement Road and a wing and other […]
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New chief takes reins of U.S. Border Patrol in Maine
BANGOR — The U.S. Border Patrol in Maine welcomed a new chief Wednesday in 29-year law enforcement veteran Daniel Hiebert. Hiebert, who started his border patrol career in Texas in 1986 after a stint in the U.S. Army, took his oath of office as the new chief patrol agent for the border patrol’s Houlton Sector, […]
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Affidavit: Lord confessed to shooting spree that left two dead in Northern Maine
HOULTON, Maine — The Aroostook County man accused of fatally shooting two people and injuring four others Friday admitted to the killings, according to a court document. Detective Greg Roy stated in a sworn affidavit that Anthony Lord of Crystal and Houlton admitted to shooting multiple rounds at Kevin Tozier, 58, of Lee and Kyle […]
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Plane makes emergency landing on I-95 near Houlton as engine stalls
HOULTON, Maine — A private airplane made an emergency landing Saturday afternoon on the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 near the Canadian border after experiencing engine problems, according to Maine State Police. No one was injured, but the interstate was reduced to one lane, Trooper Dennis Quint said in a press release. The 1961 Cessna […]
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Plane lands on highway in Houlton
A single-engine airplane made an emergency landing Saturday on I-95 in Houlton, police reported. Craig Maynard, 56, the owner of the 1961 Cessna 172 had radioed a “Mayday” call from his aircraft at about 12:30 p.m. saying he had lost power and was forced to land in the northbound side of the interstate highway. The […]
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Police arrest 6 suspects in Houlton meth lab investigation
HOULTON — The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency made six more arrests in connection with a methamphetamine manufacturing operation discovered June 17 in a southern Aroostook County apartment house, Maine Department of Public Safety Spokesman Stephen McCausland said Monday. Working with the Houlton Police Department and the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office, the MDEA arrested and charged […]
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Harold E. Lycette
1921 – 2015 BRUNSWICK — Harold Earl Lycette, 93, of Houlton, passed away Sunday, June 21, at Horizons Living and Rehabilitation Center in Brunswick. He was born in Amity on Sept. 28, 1921, a son of the late Howard and Myra (Vail) Lycette. He grew up in the Amity/Houlton area and attended local schools there. […]
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Two Maine police departments hit by computer virus
WISCASSET (AP) — Police departments in the midcoast and Aroostook County have paid computer hackers ransom to get rid of a virus that infiltrated their computer systems. Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett told WCSH-TV that they paid a ransom fee of about $300 to the creator of the virus to get their files back. The […]
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Bill names Houlton stream for American Indian war hero
AUGUSTA — It may not be a big stream, but for John Bear the renaming of B Stream in Houlton has big meaning. Bear, who grew up in Lewiston, is a nonvoting member of the Maine House, representing the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians. He said Friday that a resolution passed by the Maine Legislature […]
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FBI: Houlton man threatened to kill EU officials ‘like chickens’
BANGOR — A native of Bulgaria living in Houlton has been charged in U.S. District Court, accused of threatening to kill a member of the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union. Dushko Venelinov Vulchev, 38, made his first court appearance Monday in federal court in Portland on one count of threats in […]