Amber Beane allegedly dropped a bag containing crack cocaine in a restaurant, prompting a search of her home by police, who say they found money and more drugs there.
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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SAD 54 residents approve $34 million budget
The increase will be allocated among the six towns of the Skowhegan-based district if voters OK final numbers in June 9 referendum.
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Phone scammer gets wrong Somerset County number
A caller told a Maine state trooper he had missed grand jury duty and would be arrested if he didn’t pay a fine or make a donation to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department.
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Athens man who lost fingers in mill accident is now bionic — and there’s an app for that
Nick Stafford can do everything from pick up a potato chip to operate a camera with his new hand with help from Waterville’s Hanger Clinic and an i-limb app.
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UMF rugby player indicted on gross sexual assault charge
Frank Makuch, arrested last month, is among the Franklin County indictments, which also include a Wilton trio charged with child sexual assault crimes.
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Gerald, Dot LaCasse to be Skowhegan Memorial Day parade grand marshals
Monday’s parade begins at 10 a.m., winding up at Veterans Park on Water Street.
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SAD 49 budget review provokes call for leaders to quit
Two officials’ insistence on cutting non-academic programs prompted backlash from supporters of athletics.
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Retired Augusta police officer acquitted in threatening case
John Lozinzki was charged for pointing a gun at an unarmed man in a confrontation in 2013 at a remote bear-baiting site in Somerset County.
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Somerset County registrar blasts county officials in new email
Diane Godin wants her name off official documents; county officials say that because Godin has not shown up for work since December, the deputy can perform her duties.
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SAD 49 voters reject proposed $25.9 million school budget
A majority of voters in Fairfield, Albion, Clinton and Benton voted against the spending package that includes contracted increases.