Michele D. Corson, 43, of Skowhegan, was arrested at her home on Water Street Wednesday night on a fugitive-from-justice charge in a New Hampshire murder case.
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.
Posted inNews
Licensing board penalizes doctor for wrong meds
A Skowhegan doctor has been fined by the state licensing board for failing to identify an incorrect medication given to a patient who later died.
advertisement
Posted inNews
Somerset County dispatchers lauded for saving snowmobiler’s life
Three local dispatchers — Stephen Crowe, Shane Hunt and Margaret Parady — are being honored Wednesday by Somerset County commissioners for their work saving a woman’s life.
Posted inNews
Small-retailer focus keeps Somerset Grist Mill grinding along
Maine grain products are making their way from the Somerset Grist Mill in Skowhegan to farmers’ markets in New York City, whole foods stores in Massachusetts and a New England granola company based in Brownfield.
Posted inNews
Skowhegan chamber honors volunteers, leaders on Tuesday
Business leaders and volunteers will be honored for their service to the community Tuesday night during the annual Skowhegan Chamber of Commerce awards banquet.
Posted inNews
Somerset County courthouse pot protest planned for Patriot’s Day
Donald Christen, 59, of Madison, is organizing a rally on the steps of the Somerset County courthouse at noon Monday for a public “smoke-in” to draw attention to efforts to further legalize marijuana use.
Posted inNews
Town takes precautions against erosion at North Cemetery
About 200 feet of fabric silt fencing was installed at the North Cemetery in Skowhegan Thursday morning to stop any additional erosion exposing graves and causing damage to nearby Whitten Brook.
Posted inNews
Erosion threatens graves, stream in Skowhegan
Erosion at a Skowhegan cemetery is threatening to expose several graves as well as imposing on a nearby stream’s watershed restoration project.
Posted inNews
Skowhegan hopes for $300,000 parks recycling grant
Skowhegan will apply for a $300,000 public park recycling grant, a one-year collaboration between the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group and the nonprofit Keep America Beautiful.
Posted inNews
Somerset County considers suing state over missing payments
Somerset County commissioners Monday night voted to downgrade three jail guards to reserve status, and discussed suing the state Board of Corrections, in the wake of continued conflict with the state over the boarding of inmates.