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
May 22, 2016

Skowhegan Area Middle School produces Somerset County Teacher of the Year three straight years

The teachers credit the streak to shared decision-making and freedom to lead, which they cite as crucial to success.
Published
May 22, 2016

Body of missing child recovered from pond in St. Albans

State police, Somerset County deputies and wardens took part in the search for the boy who was first reported missing at about 4:20 p.m.
Published
May 22, 2016

Huffington tells Colby College graduates Trump’s a good example of effects of sleep deprivation

The co-founder of Huffington Post and author of the recent “The Sleep Revolution” tells graduates that sleep is the real performance enhancing drug, and the presumptive Republican presidential candidate exhibits the signs of not getting enough.
Published
May 21, 2016

Cornville 10-mile yard sale expands, creates traffic jams, yields parking tickets

Now in its 33rd year, the yard sale filled streets and roads from Athens to Skowhegan.
Published
May 20, 2016

Florida-based criminal group suspected to be operating in Waterville area

The Felony Lane Gang steals credit cards, debit cards, IDs and checks, targeting places women leave purses unattended; and Winslow’s police chief thinks recent local crimes might be their doing.
Published
May 18, 2016

Fire officials stress building safety to Skowhegan landlords

The meeting was arranged in response to a 2014 apartment house fire in Portland that killed six people.
Published
May 17, 2016

Woman robbed outside St. Albans store

A St. Albans woman says a masked man jumped from the shrubbery Tuesday morning outside the St. Albans Mini Mart, told her he had a gun, took her purse from her car and fled.
Published
May 16, 2016

SAD 49 residents approve $25.8 million budget for the coming year

The new budget represents a decrease in local property tax of $77,985 despite a drop in state subsidy.
Published
May 16, 2016

Fairfield mulls scrapping May town meeting for June referendum

The public will get to weigh in Tuesday night on the Charter Commission’s recommendation that the May municipal budget vote be moved to coincide with the school budget referendum and primaries in June.
Published
May 15, 2016

Sappi North America 2015 Sustainability Report touts environmental stewardship, jobs

The Boston company, which has paper mills in Skowhegan and Westbrook, vows to be a viable employer for the long term as other Maine mills close or lay off workers.