Jerome Schoppee, 37, faces several charges, including refusing to submit to arrest or detention after he allegedly tried to run away from a detective Wednesday.
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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More Skowhegan businesses hit by burglars
Police say a store camera provides “a really good lead” to the latest burglaries, which included two ice cream parlors.
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Skowhegan’s Cooking Matters program aims to teach healthful, affordable eating
In its third year, the Skowhegan program is geared toward low-income people receiving food stamps.
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No leads in Fairfield girl’s grave vandalism, but reward and decorations swell
Reward rises to $3,000 to help police find vandals at Quaker cementery, but police chief says there’s no new leads.
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Somerset County’s 10-mile yard sale has police ready for traffic headaches
The annual event starts in Cornville and ends in Skowhegan with dozens of side roads in between.
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Sappi Skowhegan plant affected by company-wide job cuts
The cuts include permanently eliminating 110 salaried and hourly positions, approximately 30 of which are filled by active employees.
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Skowhegan swears in new town manager
Christine L. Almand, until now the town’s finance and human resources director, begins her new duties Wednesday.
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Palmyra man’s murder trial delayed over newly disclosed evidence
Jason Cote’s attorney contends reports came too late to be considered in his trial for the murder of Ricky Cole, but a judge won’t exclude the evidence.
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Skowhegan chooses human resource director as new town manager
Christine Almand, the town’s finance and human resource director since 2007, will be sworn in Tuesday.
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Skowhegan school district eyes 2.9 percent budget increase
SAD 54 Superintendent Brent Colbry says there are no layoffs in the proposed budget, no increases in insurance premiums and a decrease in the district’s debt service.