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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PublishedJuly 23, 2014
Arts parade takes over Skowhegan Sunday
The first Creative Living Arts Parade at Coburn Park will include performers ranging from a community orchestra to flappers.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2014
Skowhegan police credit alert clerks with foiling thieves
Two residents have been charged after allegedly attempting to steal liquor and a customer’s dropped money.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2014
Skowhegan selectmen buy football field site
Selectmen have signed off on a $15,000 payment for land where the town accidentally built the football field.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2014
Skowhegan man nabbed in break-ins at CMP substations
Police have charged Michael Grant, 30, with breaking into electric system substations in Winslow and Waterville to steal copper piping, an act power company officials say could have killed him.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2014
Skowhegan’s Kneading Conference eyes ancient grains
Award-winning cookbook author Maria Speck will speak Thursday on little-known grains that are experiencing a resurgence among some farmers and bakers in central Maine.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2014
Athens biomass plant clears financing hurdle
A state agency has approved tax credit for investments in a $30 million biomass plant for Athens.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2014
Skowhegan man sentenced in connection with shelter meds theft
John Donovan will serve 30 days in jail on illegal possession charges after he was found with missing drugs belonging to residents of Trinity Men’s Shelter.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2014
NWS confirms tornado hit St. Albans
The twister was on the ground for less than six minutes, cutting a path of destruction through the Somerset County town.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2014
Weather Service confirms St. Albans hit by tornado
A National Weather Service official who has inspected the damage caused by a severe storm on Tuesday told county officials that the storm was a tornado.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2014
Lawyer: Unity man hurt case by referencing Steven Lake
Mark Dodge charged with threatening to kill his family, allegedly referenced Lake, who killed his wife and children in Dexter in 2011.
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