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 11, 2015

Other costs eat SAD 54 charter tuition savings

The Skowhegan-based school district will pay more for special education, school buses and salaries for school administrators and teachers in proposed budget for 2015-16.
Published
May 11, 2015

Skowhegan police chase car theft suspect into woods, stun him with Taser

Thomas Bouchard led officers from four agencies on a foot chase before he was stunned and charged with several misdemeanors.
Published
May 5, 2015

Organizer of efforts to keep Skowhegan ‘Indians’ mascot changes mind

A 17-year-old, home-schooled Cornville resident who organized the community to keep the Skowhegan High sports teams’ nickname said Maine’s tribes are right.
Published
May 5, 2015

Skowhegan shelter resident jailed for threatening with a gun

Raymond Lewis was sentenced to 30 days in jail for bringing a loaded handgun onto the shelter premises and threatening to shoot the pastor of the church that sponsors it.
Published
May 4, 2015

SAD 54 residents argue over keeping the Indian mascot for school sports teams

The SAD 54 school board limited remarks to residents of the districts towns and state legislators.
Published
May 3, 2015

$1 million grant boosts Waterville homeless shelter’s expansion plan

The Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter is launching a fundraising campaign so a second story can be added to its Colby Circle building.
Published
May 3, 2015

Norridgewock crash kills car’s lone occupant

Police said the car rolled over several times on U.S. Route 201A.
Published
May 2, 2015

Indians from outside SAD 54 can’t speak at Skowhegan forum

Native Americans must live in the district to have permission to speak at a school board forum tonight from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the gymnasium at Skowhegan Area Middle School, off U.S. Route 2, west of downtown Skowhegan.
Published
May 2, 2015

Skowhegan marchers undergo color showers to aid charity

At four stations on the 1-mile walk, participants endured blasts of tinted cornstarch that guaranteed a busy next round of laundry.
Published
May 2, 2015

Fairfield Boy Scout doesn’t let anything stop him on his way to Eagle status

While Nathanael Batson has a hereditary disorder and is legally blind, he’s not only on his way to becoming an Eagle Scout but also is bringing attention to the organization’s theme that ‘Scouting is for everyone.’