The Sappi paper mill in Skowhegan would be required to spend millions of dollars to comply with new Environmental Protection Agency regulations, Poliquin warned before his amendment won approval.
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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Maine’s Margaret Chase Smith lobbied for $10 bill candidate
Amid discussion of possibly replacing the likeness of Alexander Hamilton on the U.S. $10 note with that of an American woman, the former Maine senator’s name has come back around as a contender.
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Police investigate theft of small dog in Skowhegan
A young man reportedly grabbed the brown and black dachshund and drove away in a vehicle described by a witness as a maroon minivan, police said.
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Fire marshal charges Smokey’s Greater Shows over Waterville carnival accidents
The owner and an employee of the company are charged in two ride accidents that injured three children and a woman last month at Head of Falls in Waterville.
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Chain-reaction car crash on U.S. Route 2 in Skowhegan causes injury
A woman from Nova Scotia was taken to the hospital Sunday morning following the three-car accident, police said.
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Reward offered in Norridgewock jewelry theft
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Department is offering a $1,000 reward for tips leading to the recovery of about $10,000 in pearls, gold necklaces and other items taken from a River Road home in April.
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Former Skowhegan fire chief sentenced to NH state prison
Richard Fowler pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $200,000 in Farmington, N.H., to fuel a drug habit that his lawyer says was caused by PTSD.
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Signs warn motorists of Burton search
‘Armed and dangerous’ Parkman man has been wanted for murder since his ex-girlfriend’s body was found June 5, and signs, including one in Athens, are intended to warn vacationers.
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Winslow Miss 4th of July pageant dust-up means dual crowns
A vote miscount means the contestant crowned Saturday isn’t the winner, and she’s crying foul on the eve of the four-day Winslow Family 4th of July festival.
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Burnham musician whose song helped heal now in need of healing
Peter Witham’s ‘Sunsets of My Mind’ got a lot of airplay after the Columbine shootings; now the musician is deathly sick and doctors don’t know the cause.