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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PublishedAugust 10, 2016
Skowhegan landlord faces possible jail time, fines over safety violations in burned building
Fire officials reported finding exposed live wires and a window that was nailed shut, among other code infractions.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2016
Skowhegan’s Coffee and Conversation session Tuesday night reveals plans for a charter high school
Cornville Regional Charter School hopes to take over the former Holland’s Variety Drug store downtown.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2016
198th annual Skowhegan State Fair opens Thursday
This year, the longest continually operating agricultural fair in the country offers new midway rides and a large maple sugar house, as well as old standbys daytime harness racing, motorbike and truck shows and demolition derbies.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2016
Skowhegan selectmen to host Coffee and Conversation Tuesday
The board hopes the informal discussion over coffee, which they plan to hold monthly, will give the public more of a voice in local government.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2016
Young Palmyra couple beating the odds on full-time farming
Jarret Haiss and Johanna Burdet quit their jobs and started full-time on the land this year, and it’s paying dividends, part of a trend towards young sustainable farmers.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2016
Moonlight Madness in Skowhegan features wild bed races, live music, big crowds
The annual event is part of River Fest, a showcase for the proposed Run of River white-water park in Skowhegan.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2016
Sappi North America investing $25 million in Skowhegan wood yard
The money will pay for upgrading equipment, bring 50 to 100 temporary construction jobs and signal the company’s commitment to the area in the face of a troubled forest products industry, officials say.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2016
Feds, gun trade association offering reward for information on burglary, gun theft in Newport
The Money Shop was broken into July 1, and 22 firearms were stolen.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2016
Skowhegan woman charged with child sex abuse released Wednesday on unsecured bail
Jessica Lynn Wells is charged with gross sexual assault and sexual abuse of a minor in Skowhegan July 13.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2016
Skowhegan woman facing felony child sexual assault charges
Jessica Lynn Wells, 29, is charged with gross sexual assault on a 14-year-old boy and with sexual abuse of a minor involving the same victim.
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