HOULTON — One of the largest employers in Houlton is making a major cut in its workforce. Officials at Smith & Wesson have announced that they will phase out 37 jobs at the Houlton plant, where the company is shifting its focus from all-metal gun parts to polymer-frame handguns. Liz Sharp, spokeswoman for the company, […]
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Southern Aroostook man tied to methamphetamine lab arrested after police chase
HOULTON — A southern Aroostook man who allegedly amassed more than $10,000 worth of tools during a burglary spree in Littleton overnight was arrested on Friday by the Houlton Police Department. Houlton Police Officer Theron Bickford said Friday that Jesse Sawyer, 31, of Linneus was taken into custody shortly after 2 a.m., after a U.S. […]
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Alice ‘Marie’ Sparks
1929 – 2013 AUBURN — Alice “Marie” Adam Sparks, 84, formerly of Hillcrest Street, Gardiner, passed away Saturday, Oct. 12, at Clover Health Care in Auburn. She was born in Houlton on Jan. 3, 1929, a daughter of Olen and Alice Stewart Adams. Marie was a graduate of Gardiner High School, Class of 1946. On […]
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Police ‘a long way from knowing’ motive in Aroostook County double homicide
HOULTON — The prosecutor assembling the case against a local man charged with two counts of murder said Thursday that investigators don’t know why Matthew Davis would have killed an Oakfield couple earlier this week. “We are going to look at every aspect of the case,” Deputy Attorney General William Stokes said, “but I think […]
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3 Canadian men injured in Eastern Maine RV crash
ISLAND FALLS (AP) — State police say three Canadian men were injured when their recreational vehicle crashed in eastern Maine. Police say 62-year-old Edward Smith of Chester, Nova Scotia was driving a Ford motor home north on Interstate 95 in Island Falls at about 2:30 a.m. Monday when he left the highway for a construction […]
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Bill to reopen state office in Houlton likely dead after pressure from governor
AUGUSTA (AP) — A state of Maine office will remain closed after lawmakers chose to table a bill on Wednesday that would have re-opened it. Department of Administrative and Financial Services Commissioner Sawin Millett recently decided to close the Maine Revenue Services office in Houlton to save $900,000 over two years. Five of the jobs […]
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Houlton native eliminated from ‘America’s Got Talent’
Sam Johnson rides a unicycle on a slack line during his performance at the Bangor State Fair in 2007. Johnson was eliminated from NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” on Tuesday. Houlton native Sam Johnson was eliminated Tuesday night from the “America’s Got Talent” reality TV competition. Johnson, 34, had hinted in an interview late last week […]