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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PublishedAugust 8, 2015
Langlais Park dedicated in Skowhegan
The new town park was established in part to provide a more suitable setting for the 1969 Indian statue created by artist Bernard Langlais.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2015
Online call to burn down Skowhegan Indian latest salvo in mascot dispute
A website comment threatening to ‘Torch the Indian’ comes a day after a rally by supporters of removing ‘Indians’ as Skowhegan Area High School’s mascot and a day before the dedication of the park at the statue site.
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PublishedAugust 6, 2015
Maine’s Wabanaki, supporters rally Thursday at Skowhegan’s River Fest
Organizers hoped to educate Skowhegan area residents about the harm caused by ‘Indians’ as a school mascot.
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PublishedAugust 5, 2015
Maine police learned of missing Quebec couple an hour before wrecked car was found
Quebec sent Maine a missing persons report about Martin Poulin and Francine Dumas at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Somerset County sheriff’s officials say.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2015
Double fatal accident in West Forks Plantation discovered week later
A couple from Quebec was on their way to a wedding in New Hampshire last Tuesday when they went off U.S. Route 201, hit a tree and died; family members found the wreck Tuesday afternoon.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2015
Armed Detroit man arrested in Pittsfield after multi-agency hunt
Steven L. Duke is charged with several counts after officers from the Maine State Police, Pittsfield police and the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office chased him through the woods.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2015
Car burglaries in Fairfield, Skowhegan and Norridgewock investigated
There were 13 in Fairfield on Monday and 40 in the town since June, police say, as well as several in the other towns.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2015
NY fugitive arrested in Skowhegan awaits extradition
Andrew Sanchez is wanted on charges of selling a controlled substance on school grounds and is being held in Somerset County Jail in East Madison awaiting extradition.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2015
Windham man killed in New Sharon motorcycle crash
Farmington police had earlier tried to stop the rider in town before he sped off at more than 100 mph; it was one of six road fatalities in the state this weekend and one of 17 this year.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2015
River Fest flowing toward Skowhegan’s Run of River whitewater park
The annual summer event has evolved into a promotion for the proposed $4.3 million park, which officials hope will make the Kennebec River Gorge downtown a destination.
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