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
August 14, 2012

SAD 13 leaders hope three’s the charm

BINGHAM — School Administrative District 13 residents in Bingham and Moscow will consider a third budget tonight.
Published
August 14, 2012

Whooping cough cases, ages affected continue to increase

SKOWHEGAN — The number of cases of the highly contagious disease whooping cough continues to rise statewide — as do the ages of those affected.
Published
August 14, 2012

LePage releases bonds but money could take 3 years to arrive

SKOWHEGAN — Gov. Paul LePage has agreed to release voter-approved bonds for a downtown improvement project, but the money may not reach town coffers for another three years.
Published
August 6, 2012

Committee recommends Athens withdraw from SAD 59, look into joining AOS 94

ATHENS — A town committee examining the community’s relationship with the local school district is recommending withdrawal from the district.
Published
August 5, 2012

New general store the big attraction in small-town Starks

STARKS — There is no post office in Starks, population 640.
There is no school, no stop light and until last week, no store.
Published
August 5, 2012

New general store the big attraction in small-town Starks

STARKS — There is no post office in Starks, population 640.
There is no school, no stop light and until last week, no store.
Published
August 4, 2012

Clowning isn’t an act; it’s an ‘extension’

SKOWHEGAN — Antonia Smith of Oakland is an extrovert. At age 47, the former stay-at-home mom turned clown would have to be an extrovert to do what she does: perform as Wingnut the Clown
Published
August 2, 2012

Franklin, Somerset county jails reach agreement with state on cost of inmate sharing

EAST MADISON — Inmates began arriving at the Somerset County Jail from Franklin County this week marking the end of a nearly four-month-long battle between state corrections officials and local authorities over the cost to house inmates from other counties.
Published
August 1, 2012

Winslow teen charged for second time since weekend for stealing truck

Police arrested a Winslow teenager Monday night after he allegedly stole a pickup truck from Cumberland Farms in Skowhegan and led officers on a high-speed chase through Winslow and Benton and into Unity Township.
Published
August 1, 2012

Skowhegan woman charged with assaulting police officer

Brittany L. Bickford, 35, was arrested on charges of assaulting a police officer, refusing to submit to arrest and failure to give information to police. She was released later on $360 cash bail from the Somerset County Jail in East Madison.