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
March 15, 2017

Skowhegan police chief relieved of duties three weeks early

Donald Bolduc was asked Tuesday to turn in his gun and his badge, soon after Bolduc announced he intended to resign as police chief effective April 9.
Published
March 14, 2017

Parents of Fairfield woman convicted in baby’s death seek right to visit other child

Kayla Stewart, 21, appeared in court Monday on a writ from the Maine Correctional Center for a petition for grandparents’ rights filed by Lucille and Randall Stewart, her adoptive parents.
Published
March 13, 2017

Skowhegan Police Chief Donald Bolduc is resigning to return to his roots

Bolduc, 52, came to work in Skowhegan in 2013 after the mills closed in Millinocket, where he had been police chief.
Published
March 13, 2017

Palmyra man indicted on child pornography charges

Issac D. Bissell, 25, faces two counts of possession of sexually explicit material, among several people recently indicted by a Somerset County grand jury.
Published
March 12, 2017

NAPA Auto Parts moving into former Skowhegan Aubuchon Hardware

The new owner, an investment group, already owns three other NAPA stores in Mexico, Wilton and Bridgton.
Published
March 11, 2017

Athens voters approve road bond, marijuana prohibition ordinance at annual Town Meeting

Residents will borrow $300,000 for the $475,000 paving project on Chapman Ridge Road and Dore Hill Road.
Published
March 11, 2017

Survey, cultural planning for Somerset County in progress

Attracting visitors and providing options for farmers, artists and business leaders are all part of surveys from Main Street Skowhegan and Wesserunsett Arts Council.
Published
March 10, 2017

Norridgewock man indicted on gun charges related to police standoff at a store

Donald L. Bessey, 67, allegedly threatened two people with a gun in December before being brought down by police with a stun gun.
Published
March 9, 2017

Patients at Skowhegan’s Redington-Fairview General Hospital targeted in phishing scam

Automated calls from a local number seek financial information while offering help pay bills, a scam that has not been reported to have duped anyone, officials said.
Published
March 8, 2017

Starks voters at Town Meeting to weigh marijuana retail sales, Indigenous Peoples Day

The referendum question on a pot ban will be part of the election ballot Friday, and spending articles are to be voted on Saturday, both at the Starks Community Center.