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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PublishedDecember 10, 2013
No injuries after car in Fairfield bursts into flames
Driver says fire started after the car failed to accelerate normally.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2013
Skowhegan police hope downtown security cameras help catch a thief
Four downtown businesses were broken into overnight Sunday into Monday in a search for quick cash.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2013
Skowhegan pop-up store filling niche
Quirky, hand-made items at temporary store site getting shoppers attention downtown.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2013
2013 Holiday Stroll to feature Santa, Christmas Carols Friday in Skowhegan
The parade will begin at 7 p.m. at Skowhegan Savings Bank on Elm Street, led by grand marshals Miss Maine USA and Miss Maine Teen.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2013
Pig farm rats a problem in Smithfield neighborhood
The town’s code enforcement officer says he is hopeful the farmer will correct the problem before town officials take enforcement action against him.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2013
Tim Hortons Skowhegan shop closing no indication of larger problems for chain, company says
The sign came down Monday, the doors were locked, the lights turned off and the Tim Hortons coffee shop and restaurant on Madison Avenue was closed.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2013
Farmington, officer, chief sued in 2011 shooting of veteran
Parents of a 28-year-old U.S. Army veteran shot and killed by a Farmington police officer in 2011 have filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking unspecified monetary damages for civil rights violations and the wrongful death of their son.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2013
Embden woman hospitalized after car crash
Christine Swihart, 61, lost control of her pickup truck on a patch of ice, police said.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2013
Couple from Strong buy Skowhegan’s Strand Theater
The Dexters bought the historic cinema from John Moore, owner of Narrow Gauge Cinemas.
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PublishedNovember 25, 2013
Tree comes close to historic Skowhegan Swinging Bridge
A roughly 100-foot-tall pine tree that crashed onto the entrance of the town’s historic Swinging Bridge was the among damage from the high winds that hit the area Sunday.
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