Coburn’s offer to build a courthouse moved the Somerset County seat from Norridgewock to Skowhegan in 1872.
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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Wiscasset woman who died on U.S. Route 201 well known in West Forks
The Hills’ camp is a family gathering place where Kimberly Hill’s parents and children shared time and which Hill enjoyed.
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Third annual Abner Coburn Day is Tuesday in Skowhegan
Coburn was governor of Maine during part of the Civil War and made sure Skowhegan would be the county seat instead of Norridgewock.
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Skowhegan’s Somerset Grist Mill to expand, get more food
The Pickup Cafe will close, regroup, change its name and reopen in May.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Trio indicted on charges stemming from February heroin bust in Palmyra
Kevin Cookson, of Newport, and Melissa Collamore and Eric Hamilton, both of Palmyra, are among those indicted by a Somerset County grand jury this month.
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Thorndike to elect selectmen Saturday
Three selectmen will be elected from floor of the Town Meeting, while bonds for paving and changes to local ordinances also are on the agenda.
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Detroit voters to weigh road name change, driveway policy
Voters at Town Meeting on Saturday will be asked to change the name of a town road and to enact a driveway entrances and culvert policy.
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Thorndike to elect selectmen Saturday
Three town selectmen will be elected from floor of the meeting, while bonds for paving and changes to local ordinances are also on the agenda.
Posted inMaine, News
Fire destroys Canaan home, burns homeowner
Jeanna and Ezra Holt, of Hinckley Road, have insurance, but they might have lost cherished belongings inside the home.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Grand jury indicts Fairfield mother in death of infant son
Kayla Stewart is charged by the grand jury with both murder and manslaughter in connection with the death of her baby boy on Dec. 30, according to the indictment.