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
June 26, 2016

Parsons family, of Skowhegan, donates land to preservation group

Somerset Woods Trustees has added 27 acres to the adjoining Malbons Woods land trust in Skowhegan.
Published
June 26, 2016

Proposed fire station would serve KVCC’s U.S. Route 201 campus, Fairfield, Skowhegan

The Skowhegan and Fairfield fire departments consider safety, education and insurance savings as factors in deciding whether to put a fire safety center on the college’s Alfond campus at Good Will-Hinckley.
Published
June 26, 2016

Police suspect teens in thefts of letters and numbers from business signs

Four businesses were hit late Friday or early Saturday on U.S. Route 2, Mercer Road, in Norridgewock.
Published
June 25, 2016

Skowhegan Drive-In on U.S. 201 to remain open with new digital equipment

A modern projector allows first-run movies to be shown as phasing out of 35 mm film continues.
Published
June 23, 2016

Skowhegan nurse named 2016 Caregiver of the Year

Kelly Hughes Wheeler, of Hartland, received the award Wednesday at Samoset Resort from the Maine Hospital Association.
Published
June 23, 2016

Former Belgrade firefighter gets 4 months in jail for high-speed chase

Ryan Bruce Galouch took police on a pursuit that reached 100 mph through three Somerset County towns, saying he sped away because he had marijuana in his car.
Published
June 21, 2016

Inmate caught after fleeing work detail in Piscataquis County, police say

Law enforcement, including Maine State Police, Somerset and Piscataquis sheriff’s deputies, and the Maine Warden Service, pursued inmate Jonathan Edman on Tuesday in the Kingsbury Plantation area.
Published
June 20, 2016

Open house for newly completed Newport public safety building set for Wednesday evening

The $3 million building for police, fire and EMS was OK’d at 2014 Town Meeting and has been a year in the making.
Published
June 18, 2016

Skowhegan police at full roster for the first time in decade

Until about a year ago, the department couldn’t keep a full roster of 15 officers, but competitive wages, new training and leadership are making a difference, officers and management say.
Published
June 17, 2016

St. Albans woman, Vassalboro man charged with felony theft from Farmington Wal-Mart

A search warrant Friday in St. Albans turned up $2,000 worth of electronic equipment and pet supplies allegedly to be sold later, Farmington police said