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
July 10, 2013

Pittsfield hospital unveils expanded wing with new rooms

Sebasticook Valley Hospital will hold a public tour Saturday prior to its opening on Monday.
Published
July 10, 2013

LIfe’s setbacks to be theme in presentation of Vienna, Maine’s Milton Bradley

A presentation on Friday at Fairfield’s Victor Grange will be the first in the Skowhegan’s Margaret Chase Smith Library summer series about games and play.
Published
July 8, 2013

Police ask public help in solving Canaan sexual assault

The Whitten Road in Canaan, where a bicyclist was sexuality assulted Sunday afternoon, is so lightly traveled that state police hope someone saw something that will lead them to the woman’s attackers.
Published
July 7, 2013

Waterville to skip public school budget validation votes

Waterville residents will not go to the polls next year to validate the school budget, as they have for the past three years.
Published
July 5, 2013

Auburn mother accused of killing 2-year-old daughter ‘upset’ after leaving hospital, attorney says

Leanna Norris, 24, is charged with murder following the death of Loh Grenda in the Newport area on June 24.
Published
July 3, 2013

Acclaimed Nitty Gritty Dirt Band to play Waterville Opera House Oct. 3

Tickets are on sale now for an Oct. 3 concert by multiple-Grammy Award Winning Nitty Gritty Dirt Band at the Waterville Opera House.
Published
July 2, 2013

Cornville turns Kelley, Nichols roads over to abutting landowners

Cornville voters on Monday opted to eliminate right-of-way easements on the Nichols and Kelley roads and turn the roads over to the abutting landowners.
Published
July 2, 2013

Skowhegan police seek driver in weekend fairgrounds accident

Skowhegan police didn’t know Tuesday who was driving a pickup truck that crashed Saturday morning on the horse racing track at the Skowhegan State Fairgrounds.
Published
June 29, 2013

Skowhegan triple-fatal drunk driver seeks pardon to visit Canada

Bryan Carrier, 35, whose license to drive was revoked permanently after a 1996 drunken-driving crash that killed three people is seeking a pardon from the governor to reinstate his driving privileges, but state guidelines direct against hearing such appeals.
Published
June 28, 2013

Judge deems Fairfield 11-year-old incompetent for trial in baby manslaughter

A judge approved recommendations by state prosecutors this week that Kelli Murphy, 11, of Fairfield, charged with manslaughter of 3-month-old Brooklyn Foss Greenway in July, is not yet ready to stand trial.