State police received reports of at least 17 accidents on or near Interstate 95 between Augusta and Waterville, none of them apparently serious.
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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Embden crash victim’s fate uncertain
An Eastern Maine Medical Center spokeswoman said no information about Red Green was available, meaning he either had left the hospital or had not authorized the release of information about himself.
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Inmate art blooms on Somerset County Jail walls
Murals are the work of men and women serving federal prison time in the East Madison jail.
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Somerset commissioners slash registrar of deeds hours to one day per month
Diane Godin is expected to contest the ruling that cuts her annual pay to $5,000.
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Emergency crews rescue man from Embden crash scene
A LifeFlight helicopter took a 67-year-old man suffering potentially life-threatening injuries to a hospital in Bangor.
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Children’s Center nears completion of satellite spot in Skowhegan
The center, in a renovated 1804 farmhouse on Bigelow Hill Road, is designed for young children with autism and other developmental delays and disabilities.
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Chapin Carpenter to perform at Waterville Opera House in April
The five-time Grammy winner will be one of as many as a dozen shows, including Los Lobos, that will come to the city in collaboration with the State Theatre.
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Pittsfield area crash nets narcotics haul
A state trooper responding to a crash on Interstate 95 Sunday said he discovered a quantity of heroin imported into Maine, apparently from Massachusetts.
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Skowhegan power blip no threat to AFC Championship watchers
Three circuit breakers on power lines near the Island Avenue hydroelectric dam tripped at the same time Sunday afternoon causing a short power outage.
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Dexter man indicted in home invasion
Gregory Hickey is charged with breaking into a home in Harmony and assaulting the homeowner.