Browse past news stories for Stockton Springs Elementary School in Stockton Springs, ME.

• Randall Hofland Appears In Court (WCSH 6 Portland)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 11:12:43 pm
  BELFAST (NEWS CENTER) -- The man accused of holding a class of fifth graders hostage at gunpoint at Stockton Springs Elementary School a year ago was in court today.
• Motions Delay Trial In School Hostage Case (OfficialWire)
  posted on November 1, 2009 at 10:05:15 am
  A man charged with holding children hostage at a Maine elementary school has filed motions accusing authorities of law-breaking. Randall Brian Hofland, 56, of Searsport was arrested on Oct. 31, 2008, at the Stockton Springs Elementary School.
• Motions delay trial in school hostage case (UPI)
  posted on November 1, 2009 at 02:49:19 am
  BELFAST, Maine, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- A man charged with holding children hostage at a Maine elementary school has filed motions accusing authorities of law-breaking.
• Bangor Daily News: Former NH man's trial for armed school invasion moves slowly (New Hampshire Union Leader)
  posted on October 31, 2009 at 10:38:41 am
  Stockton Springs, Maine - An armed Randall Hofland, 56, allegedly terrified schoolchildren when he stormed into their fifth-grade classroom last Halloween and held them hostage. Hofland once gained attention in New Hampshire when he unsuccessfully appealed a Concord parking ticket to the state Supreme Court.
• Accused hostage-taker appears in Belfast court (Bangor Daily News)
  posted on October 31, 2009 at 02:56:43 am
  STOCKTON SPRINGS, Maine -- A year has passed since an armed gunman allegedly terrified local schoolchildren when he stormed into their fifth-grade classroom last Halloween and held them hostage, and ...
• Hofland Defends Himself in Court (WABI Bangor)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 08:57:09 pm
  The man accused of holding an elementary school classroom hostage last Halloween was back in court Friday. 55-year old Randall Hofland defended himself in the courtroom. Meghan Hayward joins us in the studio with the details. Hofland has filed a number of motions, related to suppression o . . .
• Man Accused of Holding Students Hostage Due In Court (WABI Bangor)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 08:57:21 pm
  The man accused of holding an elementary school classroom hostage last Halloween is scheduled to be back in court tomorrow. 55-year-old Randall Hofland - who's representing himself - has filed a number of motions related to suppression of evidence. Hofland was involved in a week-long manhunt . . .
• Major Retailer Gives Books to Local School (WABI Bangor)
  posted on October 1, 2009 at 12:03:18 pm
  The Stockton Springs Elementary School got a new look on Wednesday thanks to retail giant Target. Wednesday morning folks from Target presented students with their new books, as well as a new book-nook. Students were given a chance to say thank you at a ceremony. "But when you sit here . . .
• Practice keeping schools safe (Bangor Daily News)
  posted on July 9, 2009 at 03:41:04 am
  In September 2008, I wrote an OpEd about the threat of active shooters inside our community?s schools. I warned that terrorists have been considering attacking our schools and have even rehearsed ?
• School Hostage Heroes Honored (WMTW Auburn)
  posted on May 21, 2009 at 01:41:48 pm
  Four Stockton Springs Elementary School employees and 10 police officers have been honored for their handling of a hostage situation at the school last Halloween.
• Heroes honored for bravery in school gunman crisis (Bangor Daily News)
  posted on May 21, 2009 at 02:45:52 am
  At first, physical education teacher Dan Campbell thought the animated man grasping a young student in the gymnasium of Stockton Springs Elementary School last Halloween was an irate parent.
• Trooper of the Year (WABI Bangor)
  posted on May 20, 2009 at 09:51:50 pm
  Detective Jason Andrews of Lincolnville has been named Trooper of the Year. Andrews joined the State Police in 2001 and patrolled in Waldo and Knox counties as a member of Troop D, until he was promoted to detective late last year and transferred to the central criminal division. Prio . . .
• School Staff Honored By State Police (WCSH 6 Portland)
  posted on May 20, 2009 at 09:27:09 pm
  AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER) -- State Police gave special honors to the school staff and troopers involved in last October's hostage incident in Stockton Springs.
• Lincolnville trooper given police award (Bangor Daily News)
  posted on May 19, 2009 at 01:02:43 am
  AUGUSTA, Maine ? A Maine State Police detective who arrested a hostage-taker at an elementary school will be honored as Trooper of the Year at the annual state police awards ceremony on Wednesday.
• Detective named Maine Trooper of the Year (Boston Globe)
  posted on May 18, 2009 at 12:47:18 pm
  A Maine State Police detective who arrested a hostage-taker at an elementary school will be honored as Trooper of the Year at the annual state police awards ceremony on Wednesday.
• Educators, Police Learn From Stockton Springs (WLBZ Bangor)
  posted on March 25, 2009 at 09:59:25 pm
  MACHIAS (NEWS CENTER) -- Educators and police from Washington County learned how to deal with a school emergency from people with some first hand experience.
• Educators, Police Learn From Stockton Springs (WCSH 6 Portland)
  posted on March 25, 2009 at 09:58:39 pm
  MACHIAS (NEWS CENTER) -- Educators and police from Washington County learned how to deal with a school emergency from people with some first hand experience.