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
March 5, 2016

Cornville voters at Town Meeting on Saturday cap summer road spending

The previous budget was overdrawn by $33,000 and some roads were ignored, residents said
Published
March 3, 2016

Two people taken to hospital after Sidney crash

A car struck an SUV Thursday afternoon at the intersection of Town Farm and Middle roads, knocking out power to nearly 300 CMP customers.
Published
March 3, 2016

Two candidates competing for one selectmen’s seat in Friday election in New Portland

On Saturday, residents will be asked to vote at Town Meeting on whether to approve flat spending of about $500,000 to run the town.
Published
March 2, 2016

Cornville voters at Town Meeting to be asked to make first road bond payment

The 12-year paving package is part of a $980,000 borrowing plan approved at last year’s Town Meeting.
Published
March 1, 2016

Solon Town Meeting residents to mull fracking ban

The proposal to ban using hydraulic drilling to fracture rock for oil was proposed by Town Meeting voters last year, when voters enacted a moratorium until a ban could be drawn up.
Published
February 29, 2016

SAD 54 may hike taxes on district towns if state aid is down

Superintendent of Schools Brent Colbry is hopeful for additional state aid to education to balance the budget, but says the district would need $400,000 more from taxpayers if early state aid projections don’t change.
Published
February 28, 2016

Skowhegan Electric Motors celebrates 70 years in the same location

Founded in 1946 by Harold Adams, grandsons Scott and Mike Adams continue servicing and selling electric motors near the historic Swing Bridge.
Published
February 26, 2016

Cornville apartment house gutted by early morning fire

A candle was knocked over, igniting bedding in a fast-moving fire that left three families homeless in a West Ridge Road farmhouse that once housed a general store.
Published
February 25, 2016

Thrift store closings in Skowhegan, Pittsfield spell end for supervised workplaces

Skills Inc. participants say losing their jobs ‘really hurts a lot’ and that they face a future without a paycheck and a place in the community.
Published
February 24, 2016

Skowhegan sends dog safety vests off with VIP-studded ceremony

Dog Not Gone Visibility Products were loaded into trucks bound for Wal-Mart stores across the county as part of the chain’s program to support locally made products and the small company’s effort to grow.