Michael Welcome, 15, received a room makeover for his wish, complete with rock posters and a stereo system.
Doug Harlow
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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Waterville man dies from injuries in a motorcycle crash in Oakland
Police said Michael Klaiber, 33, died Monday night at a Lewiston hospital and cited excessive speed as the cause of the Sunday crash.
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Former Skowhegan man seeks license after lifetime ban for drunken crash that killed 3
Bryan Carrier, 39, says he wants a return to normal life 20 years later, but family and friends of the crash victims say the ban should remain in place for the rest of Carrier’s life.
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Waterville man seriously injured in a motorcycle accident
Michael Klaiber, 33, was found unconscious near his bike on Snow Pond Road early Sunday in Oakland, police said.
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Winslow man charged with gross sexual assault in Fairfield
Nicholas D. Denis, 19, allegedly attacked the victim at a house party in Fairfield.
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Leads probed in dragging death of a horse in Canaan
State police are still looking for a tan or gold colored pickup truck spotted by neighbors near where the 4-year-old Appaloosa mare was killed.
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Horse suffered ‘torture’ in Canaan vehicle crash, owner says
Sierra Miner, 21, said no one has come forward to take responsibility after a vehicle struck her tied-up horse and dragged it for nearly half a mile.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
Local leaders ‘continue the future’ with new Blue Star Highway marker in Skowhegan
Original marker honoring military veterans on the banks of the Kennebec River on U.S. Route 2 was washed away in the flood of 1987.
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‘Caged Lion’ sculpture by Maine artist Bernard Langlais arrives at Good Will-Hinckley
The L.C. Bates Museum lawn will be the permanent home of the sculpture along the state’s Langlais Art Trail.
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Jason Gayne named executive director at Skowhegan Area Chamber of Commerce
Gayne, also a part-time police officer and executive director of Hospice Volunteers of Somerset County, takes over for Cory King, who left in May