Tammy Ranger, a reading intervention teacher, has been designated Somerset County Teacher of the Year.
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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Massachusetts woman dies in fall from Rockwood sleeping loft
Kendra Donovan, 54 of Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, apparently became disoriented in the dark and fell 10 feet to the floor Friday morning in what’s being called ‘a tragic accident.’
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Skowhegan man with felony convictions accused of waving loaded gun at his family
Matthew Gray allegedly was intoxicated and waving a shotgun on Eaton Mountain Road before family members took the gun away from him, police said.
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Harmony Free Fair honors longtime pie auctioneers Glen and Rosie Carlow
Annual fair, now in its 69th year, runs Friday through Monday with rides, food, fireworks and a parade.
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USDA might offer financial help for Somerset County tree farmers affected by microburst
The July 18 cut a path of destruction through several towns in Somerset County, damaging property and downing trees.
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Tickets provide access to unlimited beer samples Saturday at Skowhegan’s first Brew Fest
The festival will showcase 20 Maine craft brewers and local food vendors featuring farm-to-table fare.
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Jay Mercier mounts last resort challenge of 2012 conviction in St. Peter murder
Mercier, of Industry, who was found guilty of Rita St. Peter’s 1980 Anson murder, has exhausted all appeals and with his newly appointed third attorney is seeking a post-conviction review.
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Clinton man turns himself in after fleeing police on Thursday
Joseph Gagnon, 31, who allegedly threatened a family member and said he would ‘take down’ police if they came to his house, was arrested on a domestic violence terrorizing charge.
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Maine Central Institute grad heading on Christian mission to 11 nations
Allison Sinclair, of Pittsfield, will spend 11 months teaching English and working with sex-trafficking victims in The World Race
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Clinton man on the run after allegedly threatening woman, her daughter
Joseph Gagnon, 31, also allegedly said he would ‘take down’ police if they went into their home before he fled in a Ford Focus.