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 30, 2015

Cornville family crosses the US in their S’Cool Bus

The family of four took a journey that was part educational, part wonder, keeping in touch with Cornville Charter School all the way.
Published
May 29, 2015

Skowhegan man sentenced to prison for 2013 OUI fatal

James Murphy, of Starks, died the night before Thanksgiving in 2013 when Mark Bussell’s pickup truck hit his car head-on in Fairfield.
Published
May 27, 2015

Somerset County Operation Long Arm to zero in on local criminals

Federal, state, county and local law enforcement agencies will participate in the initiative.
Published
May 27, 2015

Dropped bag of drugs leads to Skowhegan arrest

Amber Beane allegedly dropped a bag containing crack cocaine in a restaurant, prompting a search of her home by police, who say they found money and more drugs there.
Published
May 26, 2015

SAD 54 residents approve $34 million budget

The increase will be allocated among the six towns of the Skowhegan-based district if voters OK final numbers in June 9 referendum.
Published
May 26, 2015

Phone scammer gets wrong Somerset County number

A caller told a Maine state trooper he had missed grand jury duty and would be arrested if he didn’t pay a fine or make a donation to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department.
Published
May 24, 2015

Athens man who lost fingers in mill accident is now bionic — and there’s an app for that

Nick Stafford can do everything from pick up a potato chip to operate a camera with his new hand with help from Waterville’s Hanger Clinic and an i-limb app.
Published
May 23, 2015

UMF rugby player indicted on gross sexual assault charge

Frank Makuch, arrested last month, is among the Franklin County indictments, which also include a Wilton trio charged with child sexual assault crimes.
Published
May 22, 2015

Gerald, Dot LaCasse to be Skowhegan Memorial Day parade grand marshals

Monday’s parade begins at 10 a.m., winding up at Veterans Park on Water Street.
Published
May 21, 2015

SAD 49 budget review provokes call for leaders to quit

Two officials’ insistence on cutting non-academic programs prompted backlash from supporters of athletics.