FAIRFIELD — The 48-year-old man charged with assaulting two hospital employees on the same day that police subdued him with a stun gun at Lawrence High School has a history of violence and mental illness.
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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Newport man pleads not guilty in Walmart theft, assault
SKOWHEGAN — A Newport man pleaded not guilty this week to assault and theft charges stemming from an alleged shoplifting incident Nov. 28 at the Walmart store in Palmyra in which he allegedly attacked two security guards.
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Remote roadside lunch stand tastes success
BRIGHTON PLANTATION — There is no post office, no stop lights and no general store.
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Skowhegan selectmen unanimously back detective as deputy police chief
SKOWHEGAN — Longtime Detective Daniel Summers was named deputy police chief by selectmen Tuesday night.
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Where wild boar came from still a mystery, official says
A state biologist says a wild boar killed in Somerset County in November did not have rabies or any of the swine viruses domestic pig owners worry about. Where the boar came from, however, remains unknown. “It’s kind of a mystery, still,” Kendall Marden, a wildlife biologist with the state Department of Inland Fisheries and […]
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Locally grown food packaged in gourmet frozen meals by Skowhegan couple
SKOWHEGAN — Mark LaCasse grew up at his grandmother’s apron strings.
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Somerset County commission votes to keep federal prisoner money
SKOWHEGAN — Somerset County commissioners this week voted to use all revenues from the boarding of federal inmates for operations and debt service at the county jail and not share the money with the state.
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Sonar spots Rangeley snowmobiles, but iceover, weather put off recovery
Search called off until next week when wind is expected to die down; Warden Service warn people to stay off the ice
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Drunken driver in 1996 Skowhegan triple-fatal crash loses bid for license renewal
SKOWHEGAN — The state’s highest court has denied an appeal by a Skowhegan man who sought to get his driver’s license reinstated after it was revoked permanently following a triple fatal, drunken-driving car crash in 1996.
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Grind local: Skowhegan grist millers tap old skills
SKOWHEGAN — Dale Watson was about 10 years old when somebody snapped a picture of him and his father, Charles, examining milling equipment at the family’s grist mill in Skowhegan.