The town has threatened the owner of Maine 201 Antiques with a 30-day stint in jail if he misses the deadline for cleaning up his property.
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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Court to hear whether Fairfield antique dealer keeps illegal junkyard
Robert Dale faces a contempt of court hearing today in Skowhegan as Fairfield officials try to enforce an order that he clean up his property.
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Indian eatery latest to pick Fairfield as business site
Owners of Westbrook’s Dancing Elephant Indian Restaurant plan to open Dancing Elephant II in the former Kennebec Cafe building on Main Street.
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Social worker’s visit saved Skowhegan man
A DHHS worker was looking for Wayne Shaw’s mother, but found Shaw, unconscious, the victim of a possible break-in.
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Sheriff departments in Franklin, Somerset counties to back each other up
Sheriffs’ deputies and administrators now have enforcement powers in both spread-out, rural counties.
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Madison-Anson Days fetes World War II veterans
The annual four-day event features fireworks, music, rides, children’s activities and other attractions.
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Lone canoeist reaches Skowhegan after nearly 500 miles of paddling
A Vermont woman is close to the end of a multi-river canoe trip from Lake Seboomook, north of Greenville, to Fairfield.
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Police seek public’s help in probing Aug. 13 assault in Cornville
A sheriff’s official declined to say what might have motivated three men to force a woman’s car off East Ridge Road and assault her.
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Manager says Skowhegan didn’t need reason to terminate fire chief
The town manager told Richard Fowler Jr. in a letter of dismissal that he was fired without a public hearing because he was a probationary employee.
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Skowhegan man injured in attack
The Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit was called to the scene and police say a family member is at fault.