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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PublishedAugust 6, 2017
Piece of valued local history lost as tavern is razed in Skowhegan
The former Locke public house served travelers and others at a crossroads for decades starting in 1811.
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PublishedAugust 6, 2017
Maine brewers, bakers and chefs sample bread and craft beer
A ‘Beer-Bread Pairing and Ideation Session’ is held at the Miller’s Table Cafe in Skowhegan’s Somerset Grist Mill.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2017
Portland Sea Dogs to host Margaret Chase Smith bobblehead day
The Aug. 26 game will recognize the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote in 1920.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2017
Neighbors call Skowhegan woman charged with endangering child a good mother
Stephanie Freeman is free on bail after her arrest Sunday in an ‘atrocious’ apartment on Waterville Road.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2017
Somerset deputies back to work after July 5 deadly force shooting in Madison
Chief deputy and two others had been on administrative leave pending briefing from Attorney General’s Office.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2017
Police find Skowhegan woman passed out next to baby in squalid apartment
The intoxicated woman and naked infant were found amid cat feces, vomit, empty prescription bottles and beer cans, police say.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2017
Charges in fatal Starks crash disputed
Deputies destroyed notes that may have helped his client, says an attorney for Jonathan Cayford.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2017
Wilton woman recovering from serious accident at Sappi mill in Skowhegan
A GoFundMe page has been set up for Mindy Sprague since the June 28 incident.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2017
Kneading Conference’s keynote speaker says culture is the key
Francis Percival of London sees parallels between making cheese and baking bread from local agricultural products.
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PublishedJuly 24, 2017
Man who killed himself told 911 he wanted to donate organs, Skowhegan police say
The man told the 911 dispatcher that responders ‘need to hurry up.’
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