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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PublishedDecember 21, 2016
Local couple brings top bid for historic mansion in Skowhegan
Rick and Laurie Pease want to restore 1840s Greek Revival back to its original glory.
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PublishedDecember 21, 2016
Maine Grain Alliance in Skowhegan gets $50,000 grant
The grant is one of four awards from the Maine Technology Institute’s Cluster Initiative Program
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PublishedDecember 20, 2016
Historic Skowhegan mansion on public auction block after bank foreclosure
The 13-room Greek Revival home, built in the 1840s, was home to attorney Dale Thistle, who suffered brain injury in a 2011 automobile accident and was forced to surrender his license to practice law.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2016
Waterville Public Library damaged by water from broken pipe
A fire official said Saturday there is significant damage to books, computers, ceilings and walls.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2016
Skowhegan officials grapple with what to do about Moody Street
Street, with three houses on it, forgotten when the town took over the last of the private roads as municipal ways in 2010.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2016
Skowhegan woman indicted in safe theft case
Jaclyn Suezanne Rutherford, 28, was indicted on a charge of class B felony theft, among indictments from the Somerset County grand jury this week.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2016
Madison man indicted on manslaughter charge in fatal crash
Jonathan Cayford faces the charge in connection with a crash more than a year ago in which police said he was passing cars at 80 mph on a back country road in Starks.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2016
Madison selectmen to hold public hearing on possible retail marijuana moratorium
The town is seeking input Dec. 19 on a six-month hold on the establishment of marijuana stores or social clubs in town.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2016
Skowhegan fire that critically injured mother, son started in boy’s bedroom, investigator says
Andrea Curtis, 24, and her son, Tyler Curtis-Benson, remain hospitalized with severe burns following the fire on Friday at their North Avenue home.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2016
Poverty, literacy targets in Skowhegan Christmas gift program
The Sweet Dreams Project, organized by middle school teacher Deb Tanner, offers pajamas and good books to children in a school district where more than half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
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