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.

Latest

Published
April 30, 2015

Skowhegan board officially rejects mill tax break

Board of Assessors issues formal decision denying a request for a $137M cut in value of the Sappi paper mill that would have cost the town $2.3M.
Published
April 29, 2015

Somerset budget hammered by jail issue

Commissioners place much of the blame for nearly $1 million increase in county budget on continuing uncertainty over jail financing.
Published
April 29, 2015

Hanstein withdraws as Farmington rape suspect’s attorney

Walter Hanstein also coaches rugby player Frank Makuch, and said the relationship has caused too much publicity for the program.
Published
April 28, 2015

Skowhegan agrees to spend $15K on fire hydrant, street lights

At a special town meeting Tuesday, residents voted on how to deal with a possible $15,000 overage.
Published
April 28, 2015

Skowhegan selectman is top chamber honoree

Selectman Darla Picket was chosen as winner of 2015 Whittemore Award for outstanding service by Skowhegan Area Chamber of Commerce.
Published
April 28, 2015

UMF student charged in sex assault

Frank Makuch will be represented at bail hearing by Farmington attorney Walter Hanstein
Published
April 27, 2015

Skowhegan sets special town meeting

The Tuesday night meeting is for a vote on whether to transfer $15,000 to selectmen for unanticipated expenses for fire hydrants and street lights.
Published
April 25, 2015

‘Indians’ mascot debate sparks another question: What does ‘Skowhegan’ mean?

The accepted translation of ‘Skowhegan’ has been ‘a place to watch,’ but a Passamaquoddy language teacher says it means ‘brook trout fishing weir.’
Published
April 24, 2015

Fairfield police remove man who ran nude on Route 104

An eyewitness said the man ‘wasn’t even wearing socks’ as he ran down the center of Route 104.
Published
April 24, 2015

Junkyard owner Dale arrested, fined for illegal burning

The owner of two controversial antiques stores was accused of illegal burning on the Fairfield site, but he failed to show up in court.