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 28, 2018

Harmony Free Fair cranks up for Labor Day weekend

In addition to the demolition derby, agricultural displays, fireworks and fiddling, the fair’s new food pavilion, made possible by community donations, will provide shade for patrons getting a bite to eat.
Published
August 27, 2018

Somerset Career Center moves from Skowhegan to KVCC in Fairfield

The partnership among the Department of Labor, the Career Center and KVCC is a result of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act signed into law by President Barack Obama.
Published
August 25, 2018

Musical duo featuring Willie Nelson’s granddaughter takes Hempstock stage in Harmony

Raelyn Nelson said she wanted to come to Maine because she had heard about Hempstock and the Maine Vocals campaign to make marijuana use legal in the state.
Published
August 18, 2018

Juror no-show problem targeted by fed-up judge in central Maine

Superior Court Justice Robert Mullen says the prevalence of people not showing up for jury duty is endangering the ability of trials to be held, so he’s calling a recent dozen people to task and threatening a penalty.
Published
August 16, 2018

Skowhegan mother charged with misusing 911, violating release

Stephanie Freeman, 29, has been arrested or summoned 16 times in the last two years, including charges related to being discovered intoxicated with a 2-year-old child.
Published
August 16, 2018

Wesserunsett council steps in with art, music event after Billy’s Belly Bluegrass festival falls through

Billy’s Belly Bluegrass Music Festival has been canceled because of the organizer’s health problems, but the arts council will hold a substitute festival at the bluegrass site.
Published
August 15, 2018

Skowhegan workers unearth wooden pre-Civil War water main

The North Avenue find, discovered amid excavation for the town’s sewer separation project, probably dates to about the 1850s, officials said.
Published
August 15, 2018

Skowhegan man charged with assaulting police officer says he was having seizure

Noah Goodridge, 20, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the assault charge, saying he suffered an epileptic seizure June 12 when Officer Ryan Blakeney confronted and arrested him.
Published
August 15, 2018

State police: Fairfield man killed in car crash on I-95 in Waterville

Bertrand Bard, 73, lost control while passing another vehicle, crashed into trees and died at the scene.
Published
August 14, 2018

Skowhegan downtown charter school pays off town loans, applies for another

Travis Works, executive director of the Cornville Regional Charter School, said the town’s revolving loan for $100,000 has been paid in full, just in time for him to apply for another $100,000 from the revolving loan fund.