JAY — Spruce Mountain High School Principal T.J. Plourde said a series of meetings is planned this spring to promote attendance at colleges, universities and other institutions of higher learning. He announced in January that the school received a federal Gear-Up grant of $75,000 per year for seven years — a total of $525,000 — […]
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Hard work and effort enables everyone to attend college, students told
PERU — Many students reach their senior year of high school and still don’t know what they want to do next. It’s for that reason, said Bob Stuart from the College Readiness and Aspirations Program, that helping youngsters learn about college as early as third grade is important. Stuart, with the support of the Western […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]