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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PublishedMay 9, 2017
‘Traffic Calming Policy’ vote tabled in Skowhegan to allow more time to study plan
In a unanimous vote, selectmen decided said no action will be taken on the plan until after a May 23 public hearing on traffic changes.
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PublishedMay 8, 2017
Madison residents Monday night approve $9.8 million school budget
Board chairman and interim superintendent praise voters for funding local schools in hard times.
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PublishedMay 8, 2017
RSU 74 towns to vote Tuesday on $10 million school budget in districtwide referendum
Polls will be open in Anson, Embden, New Portland and Solon from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.
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PublishedMay 8, 2017
Skowhegan Area Middle School students spend a day in the woods at the Marti Stevens Learning Center
About 100 students in five teams had a field day learning about forestry, wildlife, biology, ecology and invasive species.
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PublishedMay 7, 2017
Madison school district budget validation meeting is 7 p.m. Monday at the junior high school
Proposed $9.8 million budget is up $217,800 over the current budget, which expires July 1.
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PublishedMay 7, 2017
Oakland house gets a woman’s touch on Saturday — National Women Build Day
Sponsored by Waterville Area Habitat For Humanity, the house was fixed up for resale by about 25 women.
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PublishedMay 6, 2017
National Free Comic Book Day proves genre’s popularity across age, gender lines
Events Saturday at the Waterville Public Library featured free comic books, costumes and comic book character composition.
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PublishedMay 5, 2017
Veteran radio personality from Solon also mystic who channels her spirit guide
Annie Stillwater Gray, 70, has written three books, with a fourth in the works, about guardian angels she calls spirit guides.
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PublishedMay 5, 2017
Somerset County Jail inmate who overdosed saved by opioid antidote Narcan
The medical emergency happened Tuesday at the East Madison facility, where heroin possibly laced with fentanyl was smuggled in.
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PublishedMay 2, 2017
Four candidates vying for open Skowhegan Board of Selectmen seat
The candidates are seeking the post of Donald Skillings, the board chairman, who is not seeking reelection.
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