A robber in black leather jacket and helmet with dark visor reportedly brandished a semiautomatic handgun in the third Somerset County robbery in two weeks.
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.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
Burnham Boys rockabilly band to perform benefit to end hunger
Guitarist Peter Witham is back on the benefit concert trail after serious illness last year put him on the receiving end; the July 22 concert is his way of giving back, his mother says.
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Posted inMaine, News
Woman injured when SUV hits house in Skowhegan
Police said the woman suffered a medical injury before crashing into the back of the house on Able Way shortly after 11:30 a.m.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Robert Burton murder trial set for August in Bangor
The Abbot man accused in the slaying of Stephanie Ginn Gebo in Parkman last year who then turned himself in after a nine-week manhunt will be tried in neighboring Penobscot County because of pre-trial publicity.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Robber attacks employee, takes cash at Skowhegan gas station
Police said an employee at the Shell station on Madison Avenue was struck and knocked to the ground Monday morning, two weeks after an arrest for an attempted armed robbery at a convenience store in town.
Posted inMaine, News
Fire at Athens pellet mill halts production for a day
A small explosion in a pipe at Maine Wood Pellet Co. early Monday morning brought fire crews from five towns.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Alliance in Skowhegan grain project testing draws interest
The Heritage Grain Restoration Project hopes to find the best strains for bread and beer production in Maine’s cold climate.
Posted inMaine, News
Missing Maine-bound Florida man found safe in Rhode Island
Francis Phillips, 66, had been missing since he failed to arrive Sunday at a family camp in Hartland, and police said he made it to central Maine but returned to Rhode Island, where he’d originally rented a car, when he became disoriented.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Men arrested, freed on bail, after high speed police chase in Somerset County
A fleeing vehicle on Sunday crashed into two utility poles in Solon, knocking off a license plate, which led police to arrest the driver Wednesday.
Posted inMaine, News
Florida man reported missing after not arriving Sunday in Hartland
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office is alerting area residents and police agencies to be on the lookout for Francis Phillips, 66, who may suffer from dementia.