Art and music classes take place every Wednesday afternoon and are part of the ‘human experience,’ Principal Travis Works 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.
Skowhegan Celebration of the Arts is Saturday
Free event welcomes area artists and has live music.
Skowhegan now certified for paint recycling
Transfer station takes old paint to be recycled out of the waste stream in national PaintCare program
Skidder hits, injures logger in Strong
The town’s fire chief said the skidder rolled backward into the logger while he was notching a tree.
Canaan farm makes wishes come true
Dan and Allison Ring to host fundraiser Saturday for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Cornville man with criminal history arrested twice over weekend
James Mayo, who allegedly threatened to kill a Skowhegan family and police, is charged with criminal threatening and terrorizing.
Repair of Skowhegan-Canaan bridge won’t enable big firetrucks to use it
Rust, embankment erosion and other problems have beset Red Bridge, which the state calls Hilton Bridge, and Skowhegan’s road commissioner says solving them might cost $100,000.
Hartland resident set stage for tanning site cleanup
A special town meeting approved nine articles that would transfer the property to resident Calvin Warner, who will do the cleanup.
Skowhegan Plaza businesses reopen after Wednesday’s storm
Parking lot damage is ‘devastating’ town officials and Skowhegan minimall owner say, but the businesses are accessible.
Wesserunsett Arts Council to host open studio tour Saturday
Artists in Somerset and Piscataquis counties are opening their doors so the public can see where they live and work.