An Auburn Middle School student was killed Friday night in a collision on the Everett Turnpike in New Hampshire. Kobe Huynh, 14, of Auburn was pronounced dead at the scene following the three-vehicle accident in Merrimack, N.H. He recently had been battling a terminal illness. Huynh’s father, Nghia Huynh, who was driving the car the […]
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Teen driver killed on way to school
TOPSFIELD — An 18-year-old Brookton Plantation man driving to school was killed in a collision with a tractor-trailer Wednesday morning. Dylan Porter was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which occurred at about 7:10 a.m. on U.S. Route 1 about two miles north of Route 6, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office reported. Porter […]
911 transcript reveals slaying suspect admitted to strangling Husson student
BANGOR — The local man accused of killing a 21-year-old Husson University student called 911 after the woman’s death on Nov. 18 and told the dispatcher he had “lost it” and “strangled my ex-girlfriend,” according to a transcript of the call. “What happened there?” the Bangor dispatcher asks. “Ah … pretty much lost it I […]
Affidavit: Bangor man told police he bound Husson student with duct tape, strangled her
BANGOR — A 21-year-old Bangor man was indicted Wednesday on one count each of intentional or knowing murder, kidnapping and gross sexual assault by the Penobscot County grand jury in the strangulation death of a Husson University student earlier this month. An arraignment date for Zackery Mailloux has not been set. Mailloux was arrested and […]
Husson students remember Brooke Locke as ‘always smiling, eager to help’
BANGOR — Brooke Locke gave Julya Spadaccini a tour of Husson University three years ago. Spadaccini, now a third-year student majoring in physical therapy, stayed with Locke for three days because the Southern California girl couldn’t get a flight out due to a blizzard. “If it wasn’t for Brooke and her smile and her telling […]
Bangor homicide victim’s father: Fighting rage is a struggle
BANGOR — The father of Brooke Locke, the Husson University student who police found strangled Monday, said Friday that he was in California picking up a load of materials when he heard his daughter was dead. “The first thing I did was find the nearest Catholic church,” Bill Locke of Darby, Mont., said during a […]
UMF student arrested during Halloween Dance
FARMINGTON — A local man was arrested Friday night during a Halloween dance at the University at Maine at Farmington, UMF interim police Chief Brock Caton said Monday. Jordan Graffam, 22, a student at UMF, was arrested on charges of assault, disorderly conduct and criminal trespass, he said. Graffam was released on $250 cash bail […]
High school student rushed to hospital after being struck by car in Newport
NEWPORT — A Nokomis High School student is listed in fair condition after being struck by a car in front of the school early Friday morning. The 16-year-old girl had parked her vehicle in the junior parking lot located across the street from the high school, said Newport police Lt. Randy Wing. She was crossing […]
Enrollment at Maine universities projected at 31K
BANGOR (AP) — Fall enrollment at Maine’s universities and community colleges is expected to be about the same as last fall. Classes begin Tuesday at the state’s seven universities and two of the community colleges. Classes at the other five community colleges began last Monday. University of Maine System officials expect about 31,000 students this […]