STOCKTON SPRINGS (AP) – An initial court appearance is expected Monday for a 55-year-old Searsport man who authorities allege temporarily held 11 fifth-graders hostage at an elementary school before being taken into custody without any harm to the children.
Randall Hofland, who had been sought since the night of Oct. 23 for allegedly pointing a gun at a local police officer who stopped him during a seat belt safety check in Searsport, was taken to the Waldo County Jail after Friday’s incident at Stockton Springs Elementary School.
Hofland, who was tackled outside a classroom by a state trooper, had released all the students and had given his loaded handgun to one of them. Hofland was charged Friday with criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon for the Oct. 23 incident.
Vermont archers have good season
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) – Preliminary numbers show the amount of deer taken during Vermont’s archery season increased from past years, which Fish and Wildlife officials say is good news for hunters for the upcoming rifle season.
The tally shows 1,935 deer were killed during the three-week season, which ended Oct. 26, compared to the past three-year average of 1,362.
N.H, hiker hits state milestone
NORTH CONWAY, N.H. (AP) – It took him more than half a century, but a North Conway, N.H., man has reached his goal of hiking all the trails in New Hampshire’s White Mountains.
Tony Federer started keeping track of his hikes in the late 1940s, intent on hiking every trail in the 600-page Appalachian Mountain Club White Mountain Guide. By the time he finished in July, he had hiked more than 1,400 miles.
Last call for voters in Massachusetts
BOSTON (AP) – Massachusetts voters have until noon on Monday to pick up absentee ballots if they can’t get to their local polling location on Tuesday.
Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin said that under state law, the cut off to get an absentee ballot is noon. Those ballots must still be turned into by the end of voting on Tuesday.
Galvin said the state has also established a new Web site to help voters find out where they have to go on Tuesday to cast their ballot.
Galvin has already predicted a record voter turnout on Election Day.
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