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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February 17, 2014

High school students to hunt for ghosts at Skowhegan’s Strand Cinema

Students from Portland Arts and Technology High School plan to visit the 1929 theater in March to ‘elicit a response from the spirits.’
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February 14, 2014

Somerset County, state corrections spar over inmate payments

Sheriff Berry DeLong says if the county loses the lawsuit case, he might close down portions of the jail or shut it down completely.
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February 13, 2014

Bingham man charged with robbing two banks with hammer

Travis Carrigan was arrested Wednesday and police later found a framing hammer on U.S. Route 201 in Madison that they say was used in the Bingham robberies.
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February 11, 2014

Skowhegan selectmen get a look at Run of River whitewater park concept

The $4.3 million project in the Kennebec Gorge downtown would provide sport for kayakers, rafters and canoeists and bring and economic boost to the town, officials say.
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February 10, 2014

Spike and Ginger get new jobs, as their handler becomes Maine State Police K-9 trainer

Trooper Scott Dalton, of Wilton, says he’s excited about himself and his dogs moving from Franklin County patrol to top state trainer in Vassalboro.
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February 8, 2014

Bargain Hunter fills long-vacant Skowhegan store space

The shop, offering a wide variety of clothing, is the first business at the Skowhegan Plaza site since the early 1990s.
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February 7, 2014

South African man who scuffled with Skowhegan police to be deported

Khotso Solomon Ramafola, 28, pleaded guilty to criminal charges stemming from September incidents and has been turned over to immigration agents.
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February 6, 2014

Woman injured after crash in Pleasant Ridge

Police said Deanna Robinson, 20, was likely driving too fast on slushy roads when her car crossed the center line and crashed into an oncoming pickup truck.
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February 5, 2014

Skowhegan jewelry theft highlights questions about downtown cameras

Town officials plan to discuss whether more cameras are needed, or whether cameras should be moved to different locations.
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February 4, 2014

Canaan man sentenced for gun possession, pot cultivation

Richard Graf said his growing business would have been for medical marijuana users and he was in the process of getting a license.