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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PublishedJanuary 19, 2017
Somerset County Jail becomes first Maine county jail to do full body scan of inmates
The jail is using a low-power X-ray machine to scan for signs prison contraband hidden by inmates.
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2017
Waterville brothers plead guilty to arson fire as revenge for marijuana theft
Alexis and Zachary Casey each will serve 16 months in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to setting fire to a car in Madison in retaliation for the theft of marijuana plants.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2017
Documents say Troy baby died from blunt force trauma
Miranda Hopkins, the Troy mother charged with murder, allegedly told authorities that one of her autistic children might have caused the infant’s death, but she was ‘so drunk’ she couldn’t remember.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2017
State police commander based in Skowhegan named to group reviewing federal positions
Lt. Mark Brooks of the Troop C Barracks in Skowhegan was appointed by Sen. Susan Collins to sit on the Federal Appointments Advisory Committee.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2017
Madison woman turning 100 says key to long life is to ‘work hard and mind your own business’
Ann Shusta Labin, of Madison, celebrated her 100th birthday Monday at Maple Crest Living Center.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2017
St. Peter’s thrift store, food pantry coming to the former Jimmy’s Market in Bingham
The thrift store will open Thursday with a fully stocked food pantry coming in a couple weeks, thanks to volunteer efforts from area churches.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2017
Cause of fire on Friday fire in Winslow still unknown; state investigators will inspect Monday
Fires also in Clinton and Madison on Saturday damage a mobile home and a garage.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2017
Recycled Christmas trees warn of open water on Messalonskee Lake
Volunteers have placed 15 trees in the ice to prevent accidents like the one Jan. 7 that took the life of a Massachusetts man on a snowmobile.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2017
Troy mother charged with murdering her infant son faces day in court
Miranda Hopkins, 32, was arrested at her home Friday on North Dixmont Road where the infant, born Nov. 21, was pronounced dead Thursday.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2017
Somerset County grand jury indictments
The following people were indicted Thursday by a Somerset County grand jury.
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