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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PublishedSeptember 23, 2014
Art studios to open to public in Somerset, Piscataquis counties
The tour, sponsored by the Wesserunsett Arts Council, shows artists in their element creating fine art on the back roads of central Maine.
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2014
Raffle to boost renovations at Canaan Farmers Hall
The board is selling 200 tickets for $100 each for land to finance an elevator to the second floor concert hall famous for its acoustics.
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PublishedSeptember 21, 2014
7-year-old cancer survivor leads her Angel Armies in Waterville fundraiser
Kristina Judkins, of Brewer, wanted to replenish the toy box at Eastern Maine Medical Center for other kids battling cancer.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2014
Builder at Common Ground Country Fair mixes old, new methods
When Michael Beaudry builds a barn or a house, he uses power tools and devices from as early as the 11th century.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2014
Canaan infant’s death ‘not suspicious’
The parents of the eight-month-old girl are cooperating with police after she was found unresponsive Wednesday night.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2014
Debris, sewer line hit adds cost to Skowhegan parking lot project
The nearly $1 million overall of the downtown municipal lot is expected to be finished by the end of the month.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2014
‘American Pickers,’ ‘Down East Dickering’ promos shot at Skowhegan pub
A television crew filmed History Channel commercials for the reality TV shows at the Old Mill Pub Wednesday.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2014
Norridgewock woman faces eviction over service dog’s visit
The landlord of a woman whose disabled daughter visited her for five days says it’s a violation of her lease and she has to go.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2014
Fans track ‘American Pickers’ through Skowhegan
The cable television reality show came to town this week to search for treasures, picking through accumulated possessions in area homes.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2014
Athens school clerk foils scam
The Athens Community School administrative assistant checked out a bill that looked fishy and discovered the school was a target of a nationwide scam.
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