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
July 7, 2017

Skowhegan man recalls raising slain woman, says partner was abusive

Ambrose “Tom” McCarthy, 73, helped raise Lori Hayden and her sister Trisha with their mother, Darla Pickett, starting in the late 1960s after their biological father was killed in a traffic accident.
Published
July 6, 2017

Madison gunman set off by false belief in affair, family member says

Eyewitness account describes police firing at the gunman, Carroll Tuttle Jr. Sheriff’s deputies ‘threw me under that truck over there when they started shooting,’ the neighbor says.
Published
July 5, 2017

Domestic-violence shootings in Madison end in deaths of 4

Authorities said Carroll Tuttle Jr. shot and killed his partner, Lori Hayden, and their 25-year-old son, shot a neighbor to death and wounded another relative before police fatally shot Tuttle.
Published
July 4, 2017

Punk rock still hard, fast and loud in Skowhegan

Uncle Spudd, with its first full-length CD, mixes old and new music styles in a North Avenue garage loft.
Published
July 3, 2017

Skowhegan sewer project to shut down two-way traffic on North Avenue

Stormwater separation project begins Wednesday and will last all summer.
Published
July 3, 2017

Skowhegan man charged with reckless conduct with a firearm

Ryan Willis, 28, allegedly waved a pistol at neighbors on Back Road in Skowhegan on Sunday.
Published
July 1, 2017

Developer withdraws Skowhegan Plaza laundromat plan

Dana Cassidy said town would not waive sewer hook-up fees, so he is taking his equipment and his business elsewhere.
Published
June 30, 2017

Skowhegan town manager, Main Street director inspired by Colorado white-water parks

A new $15,000 grant will cover the process of obtaining permits for the Run of River park along the Kennebec River gorge.
Published
June 27, 2017

Paul York elected chairman of Skowhegan selectmen

Selectmen also voted to allow the Opera House Committee to send out requests for proposals to renovate the 108-year-old building.
Published
June 27, 2017

Child sex charges, drug trafficking indictments handed up in Somerset County

The Somerset County grand jury brought charges against 24 people.