GRAND ISLE, Maine — A thief stole a statue of the Virgin Mary from a sanctuary in Grand Isle last month. The three-foot statue, along with a four-foot angel and a nine-inch cherub, was reported stolen from Mizpah on Aug. 27, according to the Maine State Police. Mizpah, 150-acre nature sanctuary on Doucette Road, was […]
An Aroostook County man has been arrested and charged with starting an Aug. 25 fire at the mobile home he was renting in the town of Crystal. Walker Craig, 25, of Crystal, was charged with arson and aggravated criminal mischief after the state fire marshal’s office found that the fire at 713 Crystal Road was […]
The Aroostook County grand jury handed up 29 indictments for June, topped by traffic and drug violations.
Last year, after a four-day trial in Houlton, an Aroostook County jury found Jayme Schnackenberg, 43, of Monticello guilty of murder.
The Aug. 8 incident was the culmination of a yearlong dispute between the Beaupres and Belanger over land rights.
A man accused of mangling a house with a grapple skidder was arrested Saturday in Portage. Gary Belanger of Portage Lake was charged with aggravated criminal mischief, criminal trespass and violating conditions of release, Aroostook County Sheriff Peter Johnson said. The sheriff’s office received a report about 4:40 p.m. that a skidder was obstructing part […]
Several concerned residents familiar with the case, who would not go on the record, spoke to a Bangor Daily News reporter.
The Aroostook County grand jury handed up 19 indictments for January 2026.
In the past eight months, four Houlton officers have resigned to take on higher paying roles with the sheriff.
Originally found guilty by an Aroostook County jury in the 2016 death of an Oakfield man during a cannabis deal, he was sentenced to 35 years in prison.
