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
May 14, 2013

Cornville’s 10-Mile Yard Sale set for this weekend

The 30th annual 10-Mile Yard Sale on West Ridge Road in Cornville, featuring some 50 families, is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, rain or shine.
Published
May 11, 2013

Harvest of friendship grows in garden for sight-challenged pair

When 52-year-old Deon Lyons, of Clinton, lost his eyesight in 2010, he was ready to give up living.
Published
May 10, 2013

Body of missing snowmobiler found in Rangeley Lake indentified as Glenn Henderson

Game wardens recovered the body of Glenn Henderson, 43, of Sabattus, a snowmobiler missing since December, this afternoon from the waters of Rangeley Lake.
Published
May 9, 2013

Two people, one seriously injured, were hospitalized after I-95 car crash north of exit 138

Two people were hospitalized, one seriously injured, after a one-car traffic accident in the northbound lanes of Interstate 95, near exit 138, late Thursday afternoon.
Published
May 8, 2013

East Madison woman opens garden for Mother’s Day swap

EAST MADISON — An East Madison woman plans to open her perennial gardens to the public Friday and Saturday for an open-house flower swap for Mother’s Day.
Published
May 7, 2013

Skowhegan ready to launch interactive website

Know of a blocked culvert and want to alert Skowhegan’s highway department? Want to report a pothole? A burned-out street light? No problem. Starting Friday, the town will launch an interactive website, making it easier for residents to contact all town departments with the click of a mouse — or the snap of a camera.
Published
May 6, 2013

Michelle Corson, of Skowhegan, held without bail on New Hampshire murder charges

A Skowhegan woman. Michele Corson, was ordered held without bail Monday morning in a New Hampshire courtroom on charges that she was an accessory and co-conspirator in the murder of her brother’s former wife.
Published
May 6, 2013

Lexington garage fire fueled by oil, gas, wind

A mechanic’s garage, two sheds and thousands of dollars’ worth of motor vehicles and equipment were destroyed by fire Monday morning on Long Falls Dam Road in Lexington Township. Anson Fire Chief Jeremy Manzer says the fire started as owner Kenneth Dunphy was welding a vehicle inside one of the sheds.
Published
May 5, 2013

Skowhegan could shutter Budget and Finance Committee

Dwindling membership and lagging attendance at recent Skowhegan Budget and Finance Committee meetings could mean the end of the group that reviews proposed spending and makes recommendations for the annual Town Meeting.
Published
May 3, 2013

Bingham arson arrest based on boot prints taken at scene, says affidavit

BINGHAM — Fire investigators believe impressions taken from boots worn by Brandon Sherwood, of Bingham, match footprints leading away from the Bingham town garage and a vacant ice cream shop, which were destroyed by fire March 23, according to a court affidavit.