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
February 27, 2013

St. Albans to consider obscenity ordinance proposal

ST. ALBANS — A proposed obscenity ordinance that would allow breast-feeding in public and two ballot proposals to borrow money for town roads are on tap Saturday for the annual town meeting.
Published
February 25, 2013

Judge seals proceedings against 11-year-old manslaughter suspect

SKOWHEGAN — A hearing to determine the competency of an 11-year-old girl accused of manslaughter in the death of an infant last summer will be closed to the press and the public.
Published
February 23, 2013

Roads the focus of Cornville town meeting March 2

CORNVILLE — Road maintenance and paving projects for the coming year will be among the major topics of discussion Saturday at the annual Town Meeting.
Published
February 22, 2013

Fairfield police officer not likely to be charged in crash

FAIRFIELD — A police officer involved in a traffic accident last month on U.S. Route 201 failed to yield to oncoming traffic, but did so in the line of duty and probably will not be charged with a motor vehicle infraction.
Published
February 21, 2013

Lawyer for girl charged with manslaughter seeking closed competency hearing

SKOWHEGAN — The lawyer for an 11-year-old girl who is charged with manslaughter in the death of an infant last summer has filed a motion in District Court to have a competency hearing scheduled for next week closed to the public and news media.
Published
February 20, 2013

Somerset County Jail sees changing of the guard

SKOWHEGAN — The county’s No. 2 jail administrator took over day-to-day operations of the jail Wednesday, a day after the top administrator’s job was taken out of the budget to cut costs.
Published
February 19, 2013

Somerset jail administrator released in budget-cutting move

EAST MADISON — The top administrator at the Somerset County Jail was relieved of his duties Tuesday in a move to cut jail spending for the coming year.
Published
February 19, 2013

Waterville volunteer named Mid-Maine chamber’s 2012 Elias A. Joseph Award recipient

WATERVILLE — Officials at Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce tried for years to recognize Shawn Michaud for his many hours of volunteer service.
Published
February 18, 2013

Main Street Skowhegan winnows field for new executive director

SKOWHEGAN — Officials at Main Street Skowhegan say a new executive director is expected to be on board by mid- to late March.
Published
February 14, 2013

Two Newport-based Regional School Unit 19 teachers nominated for state award

Two area teachers, both employed by Newport-based Regional School Unit 19, have been nominated to become Maine’s 2014 Teacher of the Year.