Today’s Kennebec Rap N Rock Music Festival gives a much needed venue to Maine’s hip-hop artists.
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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Oakland man killed in car crash 6 hours after OUI charge
Paul L. Caret, 26, died after he crashed his car six hours after he had been charged with operating under the influence, police said.
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Maine game warden suffers minor injuries in four-vehicle Skowhegan crash
Three of the vehicles were destroyed in a crash and rollover that closed state Route 150 for two and a half hours.
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Skowhegan woman faces heroin charges
A Skowhegan woman is free on bail after her arrest Friday on charges that included possession of four bags of heroin.
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Skowhegan firefighters rally around ailing chief
Proceeds from the benefit will be used to make Fire Chief Tom Keene’s home handicapped-accessible.
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Solon man mistakenly released on bail in Massachusetts now in Somerset County Jail
Damien Lee Raymond, 30, is wanted by New Bedford, Mass., authorities for armed assault to murder, attempted murder, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
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Federal shutdown not affecting Border Patrol in Maine
A partial shutdown of the U.S. government will not affect security and management at U.S. Customs and Border Patrol stations with Canada in Somerset and Franklin counties, emergency management officials said Tuesday.
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Missing Tennessee hiker’s family offers $15,000 reward
Since the disappearance of Geraldine “Gerry” Largay, 66, of Tennessee, while hiking the Appalachian trail in Franklin County on July 24, little information has surfaced. Her relatives are now offering a $15,000 reward for information on her whereabouts.
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Have medical marijuana policy in place, businesses told
Navigating the state and federal laws for drug-free workplaces and medical marijuana, defining use and abuse, impairment and influence all need a good map for employers — a policy.
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Skowhegan police officer back on duty after injury, suspect faces deportation
Police Officer Herb Oliver was cut above his eye during a confrontation Sunday morning with a shoplifting suspect in the Laney’s Pit Stop parking lot.