Since renovations ended in 2013, the number of audience-attended bookings at the 800-seat concert hall has more than tripled.
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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Somerset jail guard charged with supplying drugs to inmates
Alexender Jorden, 21, of Waterville, was arrested Friday afternoon after a search warrant was executed by police.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Skowhegan chief vows parking ticket blitz
Chief Ted Blais has had enough of motorists parking illegally in spaces designated for the handicapped, and he wants his officers to watch for it.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Canaan man accused in forged check spree
Police say Matthew Reilly forged 10 checks and illegally collected upward of $12,000.
Posted inLocal & State
Skowhegan board OKs applying for $150,000 state facade grant
The grant would require a match of an equal amount of local money.
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Skowhegan, two brothers settle suit over crash involving street sweeper
The 2012 collision occurred when a Jeep operated by Patrick Poirier tried to pass the sweeper and hit it, injuring his brother’s 14-year-old son.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Mother, young children rescued in Skowhegan crash
Four young children were pulled from a wrecked vehicle after it slid off a snow-covered road and rolled down an embankment.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Skowhegan high school fire probed
The fire appeared to have been intentionally set in a trash can in a girls restroom.
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Skowhegan library readies for another century
A $1 million project to upgrade the 125-year-old library building has received a major boost — a $255,000 grant to pay for an elevator that will make all levels of the structure accessible.
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Somerset County commissioners back Skowhegan, Madison bids for tax relief
Steep devaluations of paper mills have prompted the towns to seek adjustments in tax valuation from Legislature.