A jury verdict this week in federal court in Bangor clearing a Winslow officer of using excessive force in 2012 is important in the ‘post-Ferguson world’ of community-police relations, a lawyer says.
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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Skills Inc. thrift store in Skowhegan to reopen after fundraising effort
St. Albans-based nonprofit is to reopen after funding campaign led by lobbyist Jim Mitchell, friends, family and business leaders has kept the nonprofit group afloat.
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Posted inMaine, News
Massachusetts man dies in Franklin County crash Saturday night
Single vehicle accident in Weld possibly caused by a deer, excessive speed.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
The ‘Doc on Dore Hill’ finds success ‘accidentally’ in Athens
Chiropractor Edwin Dunton and his massage therapist wife, Jodi-Ann, will set up shop full time in town after commuting for four years on weekends from Massachusetts.
Posted inMaine, News
Smithfield voters elect Molly Gould Chapman in selectmen race
Chapman unseats incumbent Second Selectman Dale Bud Churchill; town approves money for Leap Year celebration at Town Meeting.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Schools and Education
UMF’s Biomass Central Heating Plant a statement on environmental stewardship
Sunday ceremony marks the opening of the $11 million plant that replaces 95 percent of the 390,000 gallons of fossil fuel used on campus.
Posted inMaine, News
Athens voters ditch road paving plan amid fear of rising taxes for school
Athens Community School faces a $322,000 shortfall, so a school board member asked voters to delay road plans for a year.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Police raid Norridgewock fracas Wednesday night
A large crowd on Dodling Road dispersed before arrests could be made as officers from three agencies responded to a report of a party that turned into a fight and vandalism on Smithfield Road.
Posted inMaine, News
Skowhegan hires New Jersey-based appraising company for Sappi tax appeal
The town and the paper company still are $123 million apart in their dispute about valuation for 2014 taxes.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Bridgton man charged with assaulting his pregnant girlfriend in Skowhegan
Joshua Phifer allegedly punched the victim in the abdomen and strangled her.