The four-day slate of events celebrates Somerset County maple syrup in advance of Maine Maple Sunday.
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 Fairfield man who tried to have pregnant wife killed is freed
Victor Frascone has been released on probation after soliciting a gruesome Halloween murder and officials say he’ll be closely monitored.
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Palmyra selectmen’s race recount is Friday
Former county commissioner Robin Frost lost by two votes to Michael Cray, whose brother, Dean Cray, beat Frost in the race for county commissioner a few months ago.
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Cornville drug suspect bailed on Monday, arrested on Wednesday
Gregory Strout, 28, of Cornville was arrested on heroin possession charges Wednesday after being released on $300 bail on a similar charge Monday.
Posted inSchools and Education
Cornville students take academic lessons from mushing
As part of the Cornville charter school’s efforts to integrate outdoor activities with academics, the Iditarod dogsled races are providing a way to learn traditional subjects.
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Sunday’s storm leaves cars wrecked from Augusta to Newport
State police say 30-40 vehicles were involved in a series of minor crashes on I-95 during the late season storm that moved through central Maine Sunday afternoon.
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Athens voters approve slight budget increase
A proposal to set aside $40,000 as part of the cost of a new town truck was rejected.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Bingham man convicted in beating death may be going back to prison
Police say Bruce W. Morris was in possession of a loaded handgun, violating probation related to his 2001 manslaughter conviction in the death of Karl Goeman.
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Items that caused evacuation at Skowhegan Town Office were harmless
The Maine State Police bomb squad has determined the materials, which were labeled “inert,” were inactive military training devices.
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Smithfield voters asked to fund 175th anniversary
Money from a scholarship set up in honor of the town’s 150th anniversary may help pay for the 175th anniversary celebration next summer.