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
June 7, 2014

Skowhegan voters have a lot to choose from

Two open selectman seats and four on the school board generate 11 candidates on Tuesday’s ballot.
Published
June 6, 2014

Athens voters to elect selectmen, school board members

Four candidates seek to fill vacancy as third selectman in Tuesday’s election.
Published
June 6, 2014

Skowhegan woman arrested after alleged drunken stroller incident

Hiedi Anne McDonald, on probation for three OUI convictions, allegedly pushed her son in a stroller through traffic while drunk.
Published
June 6, 2014

Skowhegan may hire tax appraiser for Sappi mill

Residents at Town Meeting Monday night will be asked to approve $300,000 for appraisal expenses at the town’s biggest taxpayer.
Published
June 3, 2014

Skowhegan link to Waterville homicide probed

State and Waterville police converged on a house in Skowhegan Monday searching for evidence in Aurele Fecteau’s death.
Published
June 2, 2014

Skowhegan apartment a possible crime scene

Town and state police spend most of Monday at an apartment where a stabbing occurred in April.
Published
June 2, 2014

Police: Moscow man tried to shoot woman, but gun misfired

Danny Parrish Jr. allegedly threatened to kill the woman and her children Sunday, after, police say, he doused her with lighter fluid Saturday and attempted to set her on fire.
Published
June 1, 2014

Skowhegan log drive exhibit opens at History House

‘Old Kennebec — Skowhegan’s First Highway’ recalls the days when the river carried the area’s economy.
Published
May 29, 2014

Somerset County pegs cost of adding a sheriff’s deputy at $125k

County officials say a 63 percent increase in domestic violence calls prompts a request for money for an additional deputy sheriff.
Published
May 29, 2014

No cause determined in Somerset County inmate’s death

Joseph Daoust was found dead in his cell Wednesday morning, and officials say it may be weeks before a cause is established.