Competition from big-box stores such as Home Depot and Super Wal-Mart is too great for the downtown store to survive a changing market, the regional manager says
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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Somerset County police use naloxone for first time, save woman who overdosed
Skowhegan Detective Sgt. Joshua King, who administered the heroin overdose antidote to the woman, said he has a cousin who died last year from a drug overdose.
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Riverview patient out on release arrested in Cornville on probation violation
James L. Mayo of Cornville, who was deemed incompetent to stand trial on terrorizing charges, failed to show up for an appointment at the state psychiatric center in Augusta, according to police.
Posted inMaine, News
Water fountain in Skowhegan’s North Avenue Common replaces one destroyed by vandals
The Roman Fluted Magnus fountain is flowing at the park at the corner of North Avenue and Jewett Streets after residents asked that the damaged fountain be restored, Roads Commissioner Greg Dore said.
Posted inMaine, News
Police: Speed, alcohol possible factors in Monday night Anson crash
Peter McAnistan, of Anson, was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor; and a passenger, Rebecca Cole, was taken to Redington-Fairview General Hospital in Skowhegan after the SUV crashed on Starks Road.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
Anton family of West Athens live and die the old-fashioned way
The home burial of Carl Anton last month put family at peace and connected to the land they love.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Longtime Maine State Police Skowhegan assistant retires after 36 years
Plaques, certificates of service, warm wishes and gifts showered on Becky Berry during a sendoff at the Troop C barracks Thursday.
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Woman apparently drowns in Kennebec River near Oosoola Park in Norridgewock
The woman and her male companion were boating Thursday afternoon in a two-seat Starcraft when she went overboard.
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Rain aids firefighters high atop Mount Abram in Franklin County
Forest rangers on Thursday patrolled the edge of the fire that has burned for eight days.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
New Hampshire man arrested after leaving Starks pot festival Sunday
Thomas Daigle, of Madbury, New Hampshire, was charged with possession of hashish and marijuana and refusing to submit to arrest after he was stopped for speeding in New Sharon after attending Harry’s Hoe Down.