Board Vice Chairman Paul York also was reappointed in the board’s first meeting since the election earlier this month.
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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Skowhegan man arrested Tuesday in connection with attempted robbery of Stony Brook Market
Joshua Johnson allegedly tried to enter the store Monday with a toy gun to get money for drugs.
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Progress made Tuesday suppressing hot spots on edge of Mount Abraham fire
A crew of 18 firefighters from all over Maine, plus three forest rangers and additional equipment keeping the fire contained to 43 acres
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Fairfield settles lawsuit against Time Warner Cable
The town gets $125,000 and an increase in how much the cable company pays the town each year in franchise fees.
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Mount Abram wildfire in Franklin County, sparked by Wednesday lightning, still burning Monday
Firefighters and helicopters are battling fire, wind and tough terrain near the summit of the 4,050-foot mountain in Franklin County, officially named Mount Abraham, and plan to be back Tuesday.
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Norridgewock man indicted on domestic violence, aggravated cruelty to animals
Vance Cayford Jr. accused of smashing the skulls of two kittens during domestic dispute.
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Bingham man with sex offense history indicted by Somerset County grand jury
Christopher Cates has a history of unlawful sexual contact convictions dating back 20 years.
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Parsons family, of Skowhegan, donates land to preservation group
Somerset Woods Trustees has added 27 acres to the adjoining Malbons Woods land trust in Skowhegan.
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Proposed fire station would serve KVCC’s U.S. Route 201 campus, Fairfield, Skowhegan
The Skowhegan and Fairfield fire departments consider safety, education and insurance savings as factors in deciding whether to put a fire safety center on the college’s Alfond campus at Good Will-Hinckley.
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Police suspect teens in thefts of letters and numbers from business signs
Four businesses were hit late Friday or early Saturday on U.S. Route 2, Mercer Road, in Norridgewock.