The sprawling downtown building has been mostly vacant since manufacturing moved out in 2005, although it briefly housed an indoor flea market in 2007.
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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Selectmen approve plans to increase Skowhegan Indian’s visibility
The sculpture, which is being restored this year, will be more easily seen after the trimming or removal of some surrounding trees.
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Brighton Plantation Town Meeting includes $265K for salt shed
In a separate vote, residents will be asked to raise $104,000 to send Brighton Plantation children to Athens Elementary School and to high school.
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Police: Masked men invaded Cambridge home, assaulted woman
Ryan Spaulding, 24, of Waterville, and Joshua Chase, 28, of Detroit, were both summoned on charges of assault.
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Woman dies in fiery Fairfield crash Thursday night
The victim’s name will not be released until at least Monday because DNA testing will be needed to identify her.
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Where does the snow go? Waterville area public works officials ask
Nearly 100 inches of snow has fallen in some Waterville-area communities and they’re running out of places to put the excess.
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Civil War-era governor Abner Coburn’s Skowhegan home in disrepair
As town celebrates the 211th anniversary of Coburn’s birth, the owner of the historic property says he’s not ready to restore it.
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Police: Car burglaries in Madison, Skowhegan might be linked
A series of burglaries a week apart in both communities happened overnight and involve unlocked cars.
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Skowhegan man facing child porn charges enrolls in supervision program
DA Maeghan Maloney says those in the program have to check in several times a week, and it saves money and keeps the community safe.
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Man dies following Monday West Forks accident
Daniel Donahue died Friday morning at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor after his van went off the road days earlier.