The theater needs expensive digital equipment to stay open and hopes the festival, sponsored by The Red Barn, will do the trick.
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.
Newport lawyer agrees with his suspension over disability concerns
Dale Thistle says he suffered a traumatic brain injury following a car accident in 2011, affecting his ability to handle court cases.
Four teens escape Skowhegan mobile home fire
A family making French fries was forced to flee their home when a pot of cooking oil caught flared.
Somerset County passes budget with no tax hike
The spending package, which goes back to the Budget Committee for a vote, takes money needed to balance the budget from surplus funds.
Cornville principal moved by retirement observance
The same flag William Crumley raised a couple of years ago when the Cornville Regional Charter School opened was given to him Wednesday as he retired.
Somerset County budget heads to showdown
The Somerset County Commissioners will try to develop their own budget Wednesday afternoon after rejecting a proposal from the county Budget Committee.
Somerset County commissioners reject committee’s proposed budget
Commissioners are to hammer out a new package Wednesday for the Budget Committee to consider.
Waterville officer McKenna running for Somerset County sheriff
Skowhegan man says he wants to get rid of ‘us versus them mentality’ in law enforcement.
Skowhegan mom who pushed stroller in traffic while drunk going to jail
Hiedi Ann McDonald admitted violating probation while pushing her toddler son in the stroller on Chandler Street and North Avenue.
Lambke hopes Skowhegan benefits from Iceland trade mission
The Somerset Grist Mill founder is back in central Maine after exploring grain markets in Reykjavik.