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
April 3, 2018

State trooper describes contents of Valerie Tieman’s shallow grave

After a warden’s dog found human remains behind Luc Tieman’s parents’ house, the police evidence team slowly took inventory.
Published
April 2, 2018

Prosecution opens Luc Tieman trial asserting gunshots killed his wife

Valerie Tieman’s parents testified about their concerns for their daughter and that Luc Tieman was with another woman when his wife was missing.
Published
March 30, 2018

Attorney enters motion to include alternative suspect in Luc Tieman’s defense

After jury selection concluded Friday in Somerset County Superior Court in Skowhegan, Stephen Smith argued his motion meets the demands of admissibility.
Published
March 30, 2018

Driver hospitalized, summoned after pickup truck plunges into river in Skowhegan

William Sweet, who may be homeless and living in the truck, was summoned for operating under the influence and without a license.
Published
March 29, 2018

Jury selection for murder trial of Luc Tieman underway in Somerset County court

Tieman, of Fairfield, charged in the death of his wife, Valerie, sat in a judge’s chambers as prospective jurors were interviewed by the judge and defense and prosecuting attorneys.
Published
March 28, 2018

Jury selection to start today in Fairfield man’s murder trial in connection with 2016 slaying

Luc Tieman, 34, charged in the death of his wife Valerie, whose body was found in a shallow trench behind Tieman’s parents’ home with two bullet wounds on the head and neck.
Published
March 27, 2018

Skowhegan officials, ice-rink advocates to explore public-private partnership

A group of the town’s residents has urged the town to return the rink to the Skowhegan Fairgrounds, where it had been for 30 years.
Published
March 27, 2018

Shuttered Madison mill may benefit from federal economic development grants, officials say

The U.S. Department of Commerce funding totaling $130,000 is intended to assist in finding new possibilities for the shuttered Madison Paper mill and other Somerset County projects.
Published
March 26, 2018

Group organizes effort to return Skowhegan ice skating rink to fairgrounds

The Group will address selectmen Tuesday night after the move to the recreation center for cost and convenience reasons drew the ire of residents.
Published
March 26, 2018

Canaan couple charged with burglary, assault after allegedly taking child

Police say Emily Hartley and Justin Baker kicked in a door and took another couple’s 4-year-old boy over suspicions something bad had happened to the child.