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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PublishedMarch 20, 2013
Skowhegan maple syrup producers celebrate 30 years of Maine Maple Sundays
Thirty years ago, eight Maine maple syrup producers gathered in Skowhegan, looking for ways to promote their product, and decided that Maine Maple Sunday, to be celebrated this Sunday, would be the fourth Sunday in March.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2013
Moscow voters dim Christmas lights, opt for smaller celebration
Voters at the Moscow Town Meeting on Monday night voted not to take $12,000 from surplus for community Christmas lighting, opting instead to do something less formal to celebrate the season.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2013
Troy residents face decreased budget at Saturday Town Meeting
Residents at the annual Town Meeting on Saturday will be asked to approve a proposed budget that is down about 4 percent to about $521,000 on the 43-article town warrant.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2013
Moscow selectman and school board director keep seats, budgets approved
Moscow voters agreed on the budget and voted for the incumbent school board director and an unchallenged selectman seat.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2013
Skowhegan couple indicted on drug charges
Peter Breingan Jr., 36, and Maria Collins, 24, both of Skowhegan, were indicted recently by a Somerset County grand jury on drug charges stemming from a Feb. 28 raid on their home.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2013
Pittsfield, Skowhegan car chases lead to arrests; one ends in fiery crash
Two men were arrested Sunday on drunken driving charges following separate car chases with police — one ending in a fiery crash in Pittsfield and the other at a suspect’s home in Skowhegan.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2013
Waterville man arrested for third time in three months
Police arrested a man Friday for criminal trespass at a law office in Waterville. The same man was subdued with a stun gun by Fairfield police at Lawrence High School in January.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2013
Moscow to consider surplus option to fund budget
Moscow voters will decide whether they want to pay less in taxes in exchange for taking a little more from the town’s surplus fund.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2013
Skowhegan selectmen nix celebratory signs on roadside
Skowhegan selectmen this week decided that no signs will be allowed to be displayed along U.S. routes 2 and 201.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2013
Smithfield budget slightly down from 2012
Residents at Smithfield’s annual Town Meeting Saturday voted to allow selectmen to look into changing the town’s fiscal calendar to a July 1 to June 30 schedule.
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