The $4.3 million project in the Kennebec Gorge downtown would provide sport for kayakers, rafters and canoeists and bring and economic boost to the town, officials say.
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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Spike and Ginger get new jobs, as their handler becomes Maine State Police K-9 trainer
Trooper Scott Dalton, of Wilton, says he’s excited about himself and his dogs moving from Franklin County patrol to top state trainer in Vassalboro.
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Bargain Hunter fills long-vacant Skowhegan store space
The shop, offering a wide variety of clothing, is the first business at the Skowhegan Plaza site since the early 1990s.
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South African man who scuffled with Skowhegan police to be deported
Khotso Solomon Ramafola, 28, pleaded guilty to criminal charges stemming from September incidents and has been turned over to immigration agents.
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Woman injured after crash in Pleasant Ridge
Police said Deanna Robinson, 20, was likely driving too fast on slushy roads when her car crossed the center line and crashed into an oncoming pickup truck.
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Skowhegan jewelry theft highlights questions about downtown cameras
Town officials plan to discuss whether more cameras are needed, or whether cameras should be moved to different locations.
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Canaan man sentenced for gun possession, pot cultivation
Richard Graf said his growing business would have been for medical marijuana users and he was in the process of getting a license.
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Bomb threat shuts down Skowhegan Walmart for second time in a week
Police have blocked off the store parking lot and will be searching the property.
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Skowhegan Drive-In theater struggles with digital conversion
Many drive-ins are coping with higher costs and more expensive equipment.
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Prentiss man pleads not guilty to sexually assaulting boy
Timothy Hayes is being held on three indictments, two of them felonies, and will be tried in March.