There’s a growing Maine trend of young people moving to farms, and in some cases, moving back to the farm where they grew up.
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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Community action group aims to boost enrollment and program funding for area preschools
Skowhegan Community Action for Children is raising money to help fund programs and boost enrollment at preschools in SAD 54.
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SAD 54’s $32.9M budget approved after late start Tuesday
Residents of the six towns of School Administrative District 54 passed the proposed $32,894,711 budget Tuesday night for the coming year, but only after a 45-minute delay in the start of the meeting when Norridgewock Town Clerk Kerri Everett was late in showing up.
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Younger participants inspire leaders at Waterville Memorial Day celebrations
Waterville Mayor Karen Heck told a gathering at Veterans Memorial Park on Monday that she was happy to see so many young faces in this year’s Memorial Day parade.
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Fatal Fairfield accident disrupted emergency communications, response effort
When a Fairfield car accident Saturday knocked out power for six hours, including to the police station, emergency radios also stopped working and local police had to briefly use alternative communication devices.
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Pulitzer-winning author tells Colby grads to get ready for surprises, change
“Life is full of surprises; it’s full of unexpected turns and reversals; set backs; side steps; and recoveries; and magical interventions — good and bad — and serendipitous encounters,” Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gregory White Smith told Colby College graduates Sunday.
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Residents of SAD 54 to vote on $32.8M budget Tuesday
The School Administrative District 54 will hold its annual budget meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Skowhegan Area High School.
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Crash kills Vassalboro man, takes out power in Fairfield
A Vassalboro man died Saturday after his pickup truck struck a utility pole, taking down power lines in Fairfield.
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Two arrested after Hartland domestic dispute ends with alleged rifle shot
Two Hartland residents were arrested early Saturday morning after one of them allegedly fired a rifle during a domestic dispute, then ran off into the woods on Canaan Road.
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Cheese? Pepperoni? Ride home? Skowhegan taxi firm to sell pizza
Beginning in early June, a Skowhegan taxi company will start serving fresh hot slices of pizza from a walk-up window at the company office on
Island Avenue, Friday and Saturday from 4:30 p.m. until 1:30 a.m.