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
March 8, 2015

Norridgewock woman carries more than one torch to college

Sarah Finnemore not only excels academically, but she can cut steel with an oxygen acetylene welding torch.
Published
March 7, 2015

Solon first to enact fracking moratorium, with exceptions

Voters assigned the Planning Board the task of researching the subject and drafting a proposed ordinance for presentation in 2016.
Published
March 7, 2015

Cornville residents OK grader purchase, borrowing $1M for roads

The Town Meeting on Saturday also resulted in creation of a road advisory committee.
Published
March 5, 2015

Education called key to Indian mascot dispute

Skowhegan’s superintendent reported to the school board Thursday night on a meeting with a former Penobscot Nation chief.
Published
March 4, 2015

Cornville voters to tackle roadwork

Town Meeting will include consideration of a bond financed million-dollar project to fix several deteriorating town roads.
Published
March 4, 2015

Bingham Wind project gets go-ahead

Friends of Maine’s Mountains abandoned its appeal of a decision approving the 56-turbine wind farm in Bingham, Mayfield Township and Kingsbury Plantation.
Published
March 4, 2015

Solon voters asked to ban fracking

The controversial natural gas mining method is suspected of contaminating groundwater, but the state geologist said fracking is happening “nowhere” in Maine and probably never will.
Published
March 4, 2015

Palmyra man charged in sexual assault on girl, 13

Stephen Lowe, 39, has been charged with gross sexual assault and unlawful sexual contact.
Published
March 2, 2015

Bingham bumps up snow removal, public works funds at Town Meeting

The snow plow contractor is calling it quits after tough winter, leaving town to find a replacement or to clear the roads with a public works crew.
Published
March 2, 2015

Skowhegan, Madison officials laud charter school funding bill

Districts like Skowegan-based SAD 54 and Madison-based SAD 59 would no longer foot the bill for district students who attend charter schools.