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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PublishedMarch 16, 2016
Thorndike to elect selectmen Saturday
Three town selectmen will be elected from floor of the meeting, while bonds for paving and changes to local ordinances are also on the agenda.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2016
Fire destroys Canaan home, burns homeowner
Jeanna and Ezra Holt, of Hinckley Road, have insurance, but they might have lost cherished belongings inside the home.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2016
Grand jury indicts Fairfield mother in death of infant son
Kayla Stewart is charged by the grand jury with both murder and manslaughter in connection with the death of her baby boy on Dec. 30, according to the indictment.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2016
Winslow police officer cleared of excessive force in federal case
A jury verdict this week in federal court in Bangor clearing a Winslow officer of using excessive force in 2012 is important in the ‘post-Ferguson world’ of community-police relations, a lawyer says.
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PublishedMarch 14, 2016
Skills Inc. thrift store in Skowhegan to reopen after fundraising effort
St. Albans-based nonprofit is to reopen after funding campaign led by lobbyist Jim Mitchell, friends, family and business leaders has kept the nonprofit group afloat.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2016
Massachusetts man dies in Franklin County crash Saturday night
Single vehicle accident in Weld possibly caused by a deer, excessive speed.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2016
The ‘Doc on Dore Hill’ finds success ‘accidentally’ in Athens
Chiropractor Edwin Dunton and his massage therapist wife, Jodi-Ann, will set up shop full time in town after commuting for four years on weekends from Massachusetts.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2016
Smithfield voters elect Molly Gould Chapman in selectmen race
Chapman unseats incumbent Second Selectman Dale Bud Churchill; town approves money for Leap Year celebration at Town Meeting.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2016
UMF’s Biomass Central Heating Plant a statement on environmental stewardship
Sunday ceremony marks the opening of the $11 million plant that replaces 95 percent of the 390,000 gallons of fossil fuel used on campus.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2016
Athens voters ditch road paving plan amid fear of rising taxes for school
Athens Community School faces a $322,000 shortfall, so a school board member asked voters to delay road plans for a year.
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