Matthew Short, 30, is charged with arson, burglary and aggravated cruelty to animals in connection with a fire that burned a home on Browns Corner Road, destroying the residence and killing four pets.
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, News
Former Unity man dies less than 48 hours after his wife, leaving six children
Friends and family members say Toby Norsworthy, a Mount View High School graduate, and his wife ‘were all about family.’
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No projected tax increase this coming year for Oakland residents
Tuesday’s Town Meeting numbers reflect increased revenue as residents vote on a $4.47 million budget package.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
From brutal war and poverty in Central Africa to honor student in Skowhegan
Aziza Perkins, a Skowhegan Area High School junior and recipient of the Julia Clukey Courage Award, is thriving after a long journey.
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Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce celebrates eight new award winners
A new format for the event at Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield allows space for networking and socializing.
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Skowhegan collaborates for street striping, culvert purchases
The selectmen on Tuesday night approved agreements with the town of Winslow and the Kennebec Valley Council of Governments.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Skowhegan man charged with stealing power tools, allegedly to pay for drugs
Garrett Henry, 32, is charged with stealing from a former employer, and police said they found the items on his kitchen table after executing a search warrant.
Posted inMaine, News
Fairfield Grange hall feeling the effects of decades of bats in the attic
Guano is eating away at the ceiling of the hall, forcing costly repairs, and the state Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife is monitoring the bats this year to determine how to keep them out.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Public hearings on RSU 18 budget set for this week
The first school budget hearing on the proposed $34.6 million budget was Monday night in Oakland, and hearings will also be held in Sidney, Belgrade and China.
Posted inMaine, News, Outdoors
At Lake George park, new director, new clubs and new outlook
Bob McGorty takes over for Jeff McCabe, and plans to pursue an ambitious agenda.