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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PublishedOctober 21, 2016
SAD 54 residents to be asked at election to borrow $1.6 million for school roof replacements
The building roofs at seven Skowhegan-area schools were built 20-30 years ago and are deteriorating, the superintendent says.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2016
Military vets face off in House District 105
Incumbent Republican Joel Stetkis is challenged by Democrat Joshua Hartford, both of Canaan, in a race focused on jobs and small businesses.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2016
Veteran Madison physical education teacher gets Yankee surprise
Janice Vining was joined at her retirement party Wednesday by Maine native and former New York Yankees manager Stump Merrill.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2016
Three candidates vie for open seat in Skowhegan area House District 107
Mike Pelletier, Anne Amadon and Betty Austin are running for seat left open with the departure of Jeff McCabe, who must step down because of term limits and is seeking election to the state Senate.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2016
License request from Fairfield man who caused 1996 triple fatal crash denied
A motor vehicle examiner, in ruling against license reinstatement, said Bryan Carrier had not shown remorse for the 20-year-old drunken driving crash that killed three people and injured two others.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2016
Maine supreme court upholds former Nokomis teacher’s conviction
Andrew Maderios, a former Nokomis Regional High School music teacher, was convicted last year of aggravated assault and domestic violence assault.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2016
Skowhegan’s ‘Bottle Man’ gets new red tricycle after accident
Neil Woodard was injured in a fall Oct. 7, but a GoFundMe campaign started by a Canaan man financed the new trike, winter clothes and some cash.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2016
Somerset County group plans cultural push to boost economy
The Somerset Cultural Planning Committee is initiating a yearlong effort to craft a cultural plan that promises to involve all sectors of the community.
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PublishedOctober 13, 2016
Skowhegan middle school educator named 2017 Maine Teacher of the Year
Tammy Ranger, a reading intervention teacher at Skowhegan Area Middle School, received Maine’s top teaching award during a surprise school assembly Thursday morning.
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PublishedOctober 12, 2016
Waterville brothers accused of torching car over marijuana dispute
Alexis and Zachary Casey are charged with destroying a car with a Molotov cocktail in Madison as revenge for the theft of marijuana plants.
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