The parade will begin at 7 p.m. at Skowhegan Savings Bank on Elm Street, led by grand marshals Miss Maine USA and Miss Maine Teen.
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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Pig farm rats a problem in Smithfield neighborhood
The town’s code enforcement officer says he is hopeful the farmer will correct the problem before town officials take enforcement action against him.
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Tim Hortons Skowhegan shop closing no indication of larger problems for chain, company says
The sign came down Monday, the doors were locked, the lights turned off and the Tim Hortons coffee shop and restaurant on Madison Avenue was closed.
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Farmington, officer, chief sued in 2011 shooting of veteran
Parents of a 28-year-old U.S. Army veteran shot and killed by a Farmington police officer in 2011 have filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking unspecified monetary damages for civil rights violations and the wrongful death of their son.
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Embden woman hospitalized after car crash
Christine Swihart, 61, lost control of her pickup truck on a patch of ice, police said.
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Couple from Strong buy Skowhegan’s Strand Theater
The Dexters bought the historic cinema from John Moore, owner of Narrow Gauge Cinemas.
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Tree comes close to historic Skowhegan Swinging Bridge
A roughly 100-foot-tall pine tree that crashed onto the entrance of the town’s historic Swinging Bridge was the among damage from the high winds that hit the area Sunday.
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Power outtages mostly in Franklin, Oxford, Somerset counties
Central Maine Power Company will have crews working throughout the day today to restore power to an estimated 5,000 customers still without power.
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Madison jail murals becoming postcard project
New jail industry hoped to support programs, some jail expenses.
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Acquaintances said man found dead in Vassalboro often drove bar patrons home
Police sealed off a house with crime scene tape Saturday but released few additional details about the case.