Now in its 33rd year, the yard sale filled streets and roads from Athens to Skowhegan.
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 inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Florida-based criminal group suspected to be operating in Waterville area
The Felony Lane Gang steals credit cards, debit cards, IDs and checks, targeting places women leave purses unattended; and Winslow’s police chief thinks recent local crimes might be their doing.
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Posted inMaine, News
Fire officials stress building safety to Skowhegan landlords
The meeting was arranged in response to a 2014 apartment house fire in Portland that killed six people.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Woman robbed outside St. Albans store
A St. Albans woman says a masked man jumped from the shrubbery Tuesday morning outside the St. Albans Mini Mart, told her he had a gun, took her purse from her car and fled.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
SAD 49 residents approve $25.8 million budget for the coming year
The new budget represents a decrease in local property tax of $77,985 despite a drop in state subsidy.
Posted inMaine, News
Fairfield mulls scrapping May town meeting for June referendum
The public will get to weigh in Tuesday night on the Charter Commission’s recommendation that the May municipal budget vote be moved to coincide with the school budget referendum and primaries in June.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Sappi North America 2015 Sustainability Report touts environmental stewardship, jobs
The Boston company, which has paper mills in Skowhegan and Westbrook, vows to be a viable employer for the long term as other Maine mills close or lay off workers.
Posted inMaine, News
Cornville 10-mile yard sale set for May 21, 22 — rain or shine
The 33rd annual event is always held the weekend before Memorial Day weekend, and because the holiday is a little later this year, potential shoppers are getting antsy.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
SAD 49 residents to convene at district budget meeting Monday night
Residents will vote on a $25.8 million budget for the coming year, up 1.27 percent from the current year’s.
Posted inMaine, News
Skowhegan group seeks to replace Blue Star Memorial marker lost in 1987 flood
The original marker honoring veterans was placed in 1973 on U.S. Route 2 in Skowhegan but was swept away later, and the Bloomfield Garden Club hopes to buy a new one.