The notice by the Maine Department of Education comes a week before the school board for Skowhegan-based SAD 54 is set to deliberate further over their schools’ “Indians” nickname.
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.
Skowhegan area school board charts course for ‘Indians’ debate
The Skowhegan area school board Thursday night set March 7 as date for discussion among members and possible action on the nickname some see as racist.
New Skowhegan panel to study location for additional bridge over Kennebec River
A decade after dissolving the original committee, town officials will meet again with the state Department of Transportation to study the feasibility of another bridge.
Fairfield woman escapes injury when vehicle rolls into snowbank in Athens
Tonja Dodge, 35, lost control of her car after swerving to avoid a deer on Route 150, heavily damaging her car, the sheriff said.
Skowhegan creamery wins tax deal as part of move to Grist Mill
Selectmen agree to $47,000 from the downtown TIF district for local cheese maker and $7,500 to Maine Grain Alliance at the grist mill for a “worldwide” Community Oven Bake Day in October.
Skowhegan students ponder: Which chickadee – boreal or black cap – is the real Maine state bird?
State Rep. Betty Austin, with help from Skowhegan fourth-graders, will bring the question as to which breed of chickadee should be the state bird to a legislative committee on Wednesday.
Athens Corner Store sold to New York group
The Jewell family sells the store after more than 20 years on the Athens downtown corner
Harmony woman who lost her fiancé in fatal crash seeks missing dog
Tootie, a Pekingese and a poodle mix, remains missing from the crash site off U.S. Route 201 in Bingham, where Brenda Cote’s fiancé, Michael Handy, was killed in a head-on crash.
In central Maine, lots of snowstorms bring overtime, extra plow trips
Above-average snowfall and 26 snow-plowing events so far this year in Skowhegan have led to the challenge of where to dump it all once it’s picked up, officials said.
Former Fairfield man appealing conviction of murdering wife to Maine high court
Luc Tieman, found guilty last year of murdering his wife, Valerie Tieman, in 2016, is appealing the conviction to Maine Supreme Judicial Court on the basis of evidence allowed at trial.