The arrest comes after a recent string of crime news involving the shelter and complaints from the police chief that it attracts people ‘from away.’
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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Former Skowhegan fire chief to accept plea deal in theft case
Richard E. Fowler Jr. is agreeing to plead guilty to the New Hampshire charges with a sentence to be determined later.
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Clinton couple injured in Franklin County motorcycle crash
The Sunday night accident on Route 4 in Sandy River Plantation injured James and Rebecca Turcotte.
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Police tight-lipped on Parkman death investigation
A Maine State Police spokesman won’t say whether authorities are classifying the death as a homicide.
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Skowhegan receives award for Compost Program of the Year
A town official said generating compost saves Skowhegan about $15,000 per year and individual taxpayers $6 per bag of commercial compost.
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Parkman man’s death investigated by Maine State Police
David Grant, 61, was found dead Tuesday night in his Parkman home.
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Cornville’s 10-Mile Yard Sale expects to draw from far and wide
The 32nd version of the event may get a boost from some state tourism advertising on the Red Sox radio network and an active Facebook campaign.
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Other costs eat SAD 54 charter tuition savings
The Skowhegan-based school district will pay more for special education, school buses and salaries for school administrators and teachers in proposed budget for 2015-16.
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Skowhegan police chase car theft suspect into woods, stun him with Taser
Thomas Bouchard led officers from four agencies on a foot chase before he was stunned and charged with several misdemeanors.
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Organizer of efforts to keep Skowhegan ‘Indians’ mascot changes mind
A 17-year-old, home-schooled Cornville resident who organized the community to keep the Skowhegan High sports teams’ nickname said Maine’s tribes are right.