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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PublishedJuly 29, 2011
On food’s future, speaker says ‘glance back with intelligence’
SKOWHEGAN — To reverse health problems such as diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure and cholesterol — while creating local jobs and community spirit — America needs to look to the past for its food production.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2011
Skowhegan to host tour of art works
SKOWHEGAN — Give the monkey a quarter, ring the bell and count slowly to 100 …
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PublishedJuly 27, 2011
Mattress business to buttress downtown Skowhegan
SKOWHEGAN — There is an appliance store, a clothing store, a jeweler, a computer shop, law offices, art galleries, a bakery and a flower shop already doing business in downtown Skowhegan.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2011
Annual grain gatherings ready to roll
SKOWHEGAN — For Mary and Bob Burr of Blue Ribbon Farm in Mercer, the annual Kneading Conference and the Artisan Bread Fair this week are a natural extension of the farming life they have lived together since 1976.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2011
New History House museum opens in East Madison
EAST MADISON — Residents celebrated East Madison Days on Sunday with perfect weather, a parade, a sit-down luncheon and a first-time look at the town’s new History House museum.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2011
Festival back at drive-in
SKOWHEGAN — What do you get when you combine campy comedy, cult comics and nostalgia?
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PublishedJuly 18, 2011
Campy comedy featured for MIFF at the drive-in
SKOWHEGAN — What do you get when you combine campy comedy, cult comics and nostalgia?
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PublishedJuly 17, 2011
MAINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: Movies’ lasting power
WATERVILLE — Actor Malcolm McDowell was quick to point out that the Mid-Life Achievement Award given to him Saturday during the 14th annual Maine International Film Festival was not a “mid-life crisis award.”
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PublishedJuly 15, 2011
Madison man stable after losing arm in tractor mishap
Eugene St. Peter, 69, severed his right arm and left thumb, and had the side of his face and an ear scraped off in the accident, his daughter says.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2011
Skowhegan teens ‘board for boobies’
SKOWHEGAN — Three Skowhegan Area High School students will ride their longboards from Ellsworth to Old Orchard Beach beginning Sunday to raise awareness and cash for a cure for breast cancer.
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