The radio station — Hooskow Radio, WXNZ 98.1 FM — goes live on Saturday morning and plans to be headquartered in the 1897 jail space by August.
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.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Men charged with stealing equipment from Hartland tannery
James T. Chasse, 31, of Lebanon, and Jose Cruz, 27, of New Jersey, are charged with four counts each of burglary for allegedly breaking into the former Hartland Tannery Co.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
Skowhegan brewery plans to quadruple operation
Bigelow Brewing Co. plans to quadruple its operation with help from a grant and the state’s burgeoning micro-brew industry.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Somerset County commisioners approve $12 million budget
County officials still lament loss of federal boarding funds but hold out hope the Legislature will rectify that loss.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Cote trial in Detroit slaying delayed a third time
The murder trial of the Palmyra man is now scheduled for November after he asked that court-appointed lawyer Philip Mohlar be removed from the case.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Somerset County budget hearing set for Thursday
The proposed budget is greater than last year’s, largely because of the loss of income from housing federal inmates.
Posted inElections, Local & State, News
Pickett re-elected to Skowhegan select board
Darla Pickett and Soren Siren prevailed in town races, according to unofficial results.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
SAD 54 budget approved
Six towns agree to $34.2 million budget, about a 1 percent increase over last year’s.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Skowhegan residents OK municipal spending recommended by officials
Voters buck recommendation not to fund service organizations approving support for several including KVCAP and the local food cupboard.
Posted inHigh School Graduations, Local & State, News
Ready or not, Skowhegan senior class graduates
After thanking the school’s faculty, salutatorian Justin Ramos gave the world fair warning that he and his classmates were ready to become the persons they decide to be.