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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PublishedFebruary 10, 2013
Chamber director seeks business sponsors for Skowhegan Opera House
SKOWHEGAN — A local chamber of commerce official has a plan to revive the town’s opera house where nationally known artists once performed.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2013
Madison man dead of self-inflicted gunshot wound following Friday incident
EAST MADISON — A 42-year-old Madison man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Friday night, after reportedly barricading himself inside a building on East Madison Road.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2013
Raging winter storm Nemo buries southern communities, causes headaches across Maine
It wasn’t so much deep snow that had heads spinning and cars slipping off the road in central Maine during Saturday’s monster blizzard, named Nemo.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2013
Mechanic loses tools, equipment in St. Albans blaze
ST. ALBANS — A St. Albans mechanic said he lost $100,000 in tools and equipment in a fire Wednesday morning that swept through his two-story garage.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2013
Woman injured in Wilton after rear-ending logging truck Tuesday
WILTON — A woman from the Knox County town of Hope was injured Tuesday morning after she slammed her car into the rear end of a parked tractor-trailer in a convenience store’s parking lot.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2013
Skowhegan chamber, church to distribute winter coats to needy Saturday
SKOWHEGAN — The executive director of the Skowhegan Area Chamber of Commerce and a pastor from a local church plan to drive to Houlton on Thursday and come back with a truck full of winter coats for low-income families.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2013
St. Albans fire leaves four homeless Sunday
ST. ALBANS — Four people were left homeless Sunday night after their mobile home caught fire when heaters used to thaw frozen pipes ignited the floor.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2013
SAD 54 plans to tighten security at all eight schools
SKOWHEGAN — School Administrative District 54 is set to enact widespread changes in safety measures at the district’s eight schools, including locked doors and a buzzer system with cameras at main entrances.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2013
Fairfield police to probe Thursday cruiser crash
FAIRFIELD — There will be an internal investigation into a motor vehicle crash Thursday morning involving a Fairfield police officer.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2013
Sappi ‘disappointed’ with IBEW union vote against contract
Electrical workers voted against a new contract and the next move is another meeting when workers can vote on a work stoppage.
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