Two men with bandannas covering their faces allegedly invaded Ripley Road home, assaulted woman and made off with drugs in getaway car driven by woman, according to police.
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.
Unity’s wet and muddy conditions ideal for Trail Day
Workers divert water away from public walkways.
Summit turns on gas flow to Madison Paper
The connection is the final link in what the company calls its 68-mile steel backbone transmission pipeline from Pittston to Madison.
Daschle, speaking at Colby, praises nation’s health care progress
The former U.S. Senate majority leader said America is “transitioning from an illness system to a wellness system.”
Fairfield man charged with producing meth, marijuana
Jared C. Colby, 22, was charged with criminal conspiracy and drug trafficking after police found a meth lab and an indoor marijuana grow when searching a house on a warrant for “another matter”.
Tons of carrots left at Skowhegan animal shelter
Somerset Humane Society says bags of carrots still remain even after donations were made to area food pantries and homeless shelters.
Skowhegan robotics team qualifies, but won’t attend, regional competition
Sprocketology is in its second year at the Somerset Career & Technical Center at Skowhegan Area High School.
Lawyers: No plea deal in Detroit murder case
The trial of Jason C. Cote of Palmyra, on charges he bludgeoned Ricky Cole to death, is scheduled to begin next month.
‘Creepy’ burglar charged again in Skowhegan
Police said Douglas A. DeWalt allegedly entered a woman’s home through an unlocked door and stood over her bed, just like he did in previous cases.
Skowhegan selectman Lowe resigns
His term of office expires in June 2015, so voters at this June’s Town Meeting will elect a replacement to finish it.