Doug Harlow

Morning Sentinel

Doug Harlow is a veteran Morning Sentinel reporter now covering Skowhegan municipal government and police, court activity and general news from around Somerset County. In his spare time he raises chickens for eggs, cayenne peppers, fingerling potatoes, garlic and other organic vegetables with his wife, Mary Lou, who also maintains lovely flower gardens. Their little farm also produces maple syrup and heritage apples. Doug and Mary Lou moved to Maine in 1987 Doug, a Stone Soup Society poet and cab driver in Boston in the 1970s, was hired as a contracted correspondent for the Sentinel in January, 1988. His interests include baseball, especially the Boston Red Sox, and feeding the wild birds that visit them in the winter.

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Published
September 14, 2016

Local leaders ‘continue the future’ with new Blue Star Highway marker in Skowhegan

Original marker honoring military veterans on the banks of the Kennebec River on U.S. Route 2 was washed away in the flood of 1987.
Published
September 13, 2016

‘Caged Lion’ sculpture by Maine artist Bernard Langlais arrives at Good Will-Hinckley

The L.C. Bates Museum lawn will be the permanent home of the sculpture along the state’s Langlais Art Trail.
Published
September 13, 2016

Jason Gayne named executive director at Skowhegan Area Chamber of Commerce

Gayne, also a part-time police officer and executive director of Hospice Volunteers of Somerset County, takes over for Cory King, who left in May
Published
September 12, 2016

Career outlaw Robert Tucker indicted by a Somerset County grand jury for second time this year

Well known to police, Tucker, of Anson, is charged with several burglaries and thefts from 2014 to last November when he crashed his car in a police chase.
Published
September 12, 2016

St. Albans man indicted on child assault, animal cruelty charges

Jason A. Tuttle, 39, alleged to have punched his dog in the head and knocked down a 3-year-old in August, is one of several indicted in Somerset County last week.
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September 10, 2016

Skowhegan area group to visit Quebec City for cross-border collaboration

Tours of grist mills, bakeries and craft breweries will take place to promote possible agricultural tourism exchange.
Published
September 8, 2016

UMF art professor awarded fellowship at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

Barbara Sullivan, of Solon, will be one of 25 artists in residence beginning at the end of December at one of the nation’s largest year-round artists’ communities.
Published
September 7, 2016

Lake George Regional Park triathlon to commemorate 9/11 victims

The swimming, biking and running event on Sunday also will also pay tribute to local police, fire and rescue personnel.
Published
September 6, 2016

Trott Family Clowns mark 50 years in the Clinton Fair parade on Saturday

The clowning tradition was started by twin brothers Merle Sr. and Malcolm Trott in a Volkswagen Beetle in 1966.
Published
September 4, 2016

Former music teacher’s appeal of domestic violence conviction to be heard Sept. 14

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court will hear arguments to vacate former Nokomis High School music teacher Andrew Maderios’ conviction on four domestic violence charges, including two on felony aggravated assault.