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
February 9, 2016

Oakland fire victim says husband, brother saved family of four

Melissa Pike’s brother and her special-needs son remained in a Portland hospital Tuesday with second-degree burns after the fire Saturday on Webb Road.
Published
February 8, 2016

Woman’s all natural dog treat business wins Skowhegan Entrepreneur Challenge

Amanda Clark, 21, owner of The Maine Barkery, to receive $20,000 in cash and business incentives sponsored by Main Street Skowhegan and Skowhegan Savings Bank.
Published
February 8, 2016

Skowhegan selectmen to act on proposal to change how town jobs are filled

The question of changing the positions of town clerk, town treasurer and road commissioner from being elective posts to appointive ones was raised at a January meeting of the Board of Selectmen.
Published
February 7, 2016

Farm in Skowhegan a family operation that connects with the whole community

Jason and Carrie Tessier and their two daughters provide meat, coffee, poultry, maple syrup, crafts and more to the Skowhegan Farmers’ Market and other customers.
Published
February 6, 2016

Skowhegan carnivalgoers frolic, fish amid fresh snow at Lake George

The Box Sled Derby Race drew 37 entrants who competed on man-made snow mounds.
Published
February 6, 2016

Two people suffer burns in Oakland house fire Saturday morning

The accidental blaze destroyed the mobile home, leaving six pets unaccounted for.
Published
February 6, 2016

Busy secondhand shop part of Skowhegan’s merry-go-round business loop

Rhonda York’s Crazy Cuzin’s is one of many stores that moved recently; others include Kel-Mat Cafe, Ginny’s Natural Corner and Karen’s Kloset, which closed Friday
Published
February 4, 2016

Hartland men arrested in connection with Athens store burglaries

The two men, also being held on charges stemming from a January burglary in Burnham, were on a ‘mini crime spree,’ the Somerset County sheriff says.
Published
February 3, 2016

One dies in Wilton crash as slick roads cause crashes throughout central Maine

A pickup truck driver went off Temple Road, hit a tree and overturned, the most serious of dozens of crashes in Somerset, Franklin and northern Kennebec counties.
Published
February 2, 2016

Lake George Regional Park winter carnival to be director’s last event

A nine-year run at the park in Skowhegan and Canaan gives way to a new job for House Majority Leader Jeff McCabe at the nonprofit Northern Forest Canoe Trail.