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 5, 2012
Somerset County finance director named interim administrator
SKOWHEGAN — Somerset County commissioners on Wednesday named county finance manager Earla Haggerty as interim county administrator.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2012
Felled tree chops power to 3,500 customers in seven towns on Tuesday
SKOWHEGAN — Electrical power was knocked out to more than 3,500 Central Maine Power Co. customers in seven towns Tuesday morning after a logger reportedly cut down a large tree that fell onto a transmission line.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2012
Somerset County administrator quits unexpectedly, escorted from courthouse
SKOWHEGAN — Somerset County Administrator Larry Post abruptly resigned Tuesday afternoon after a closed meeting with county commissioners.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2012
Badly abused dog put down by Somerset Animal Shelter
SKOWHEGAN — A dog taken to the Somerset Animal Shelter last week was so badly abused and neglected it was euthanized the same day.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2012
State mystified by presence of wild boar that killed pig in Mercer
MERCER — State wildlife officials want to know how a Eurasian wild boar with long, thick hair and 2-inch tusks ended up in Somerset County recently.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2012
Video camera surveillance panning out for Skowhegan police
SKOWHEGAN — A video screen at the police station shows images of three people walking along Water Street in downtown Skowhegan shortly after midnight in late November.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2012
Carrabec High School students find new skills in old art of masonry
NORTH ANSON — Carrabec High School students are building skills for the future — one brick at a time.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2012
Jackman border patrol shooting ruled justified by state
JACKMAN — The state attorney general has concluded that the shooting death of a Jackman man by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in June was justitified.
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PublishedNovember 26, 2012
Log truck rolls over on US Route 201 in Skowhegan
SKOWHEGAN — A Canadian truck driver escaped injury Monday morning when he lost control of his loaded log truck and tipped over, spilling the contents near the Sappi Fine Paper mill off U.S. Route 201, police said.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2012
Main Street Skowhegan merchants prep for Santa’s Village
SKOWHEGAN — Volunteers with Main Street Skowhegan took advantage of the crowds downtown for Small Business Saturday with a little window dressing of their own — group president Gene Rouse and his wife Amy decorating the windows for Santa’s Village.
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