SKOWHEGAN — Fading memories, lost witnesses and decades-old forensic evidence will be among the challenges in a 32-year-old murder case set for trial this week.
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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Farmington conference focuses on life’s struggles after war
American service members returning home from overseas conflicts are forced to deal with “the new normal,” often accompanied by depression, anxiety, sleepless nights and thoughts of suicide. That’s according to Anne Freund, Saturday morning’s keynote speaker for an all-day conference for veterans, family members and community providers at the University of Maine at Farmington.
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Trade rep to New Balance workers: No rush to change footwear tariffs
U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk promised workers at the New Balance shoe factory this morning that he was not going to rush into changes on footwear import tariffs.
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Solon Elementary School praised for connection to community
SOLON — Solon Elementary School is a small school with a big vision.
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Trade representative visit to New Balance factory comes at important time
SKOWHEGAN — A visit later this week to the New Balance shoe factory in Norridgewock by the U.S Trade Representative comes at a crucial time for the company’s 900 Maine jobs, state officials said Monday.
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Trade ambassador’s Norridgewock visit key to keeping New Balance jobs intact say Maine legislators
SKOWHEGAN — A visit later this week to the New Balance shoe factory in Norridgewock by the U.S Trade Representative comes at a crucial time for the company’s 900 Maine jobs, state officials said Monday. State Reps. Sharon Treat, D-Hallowell, and Jeff McCabe, D-Skowhegan, said the message they heard Sunday at an international trade meeting in Leesburg, Va., was that protections for the footwear jobs are endangered.
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Granting three wishes just the start for Madison teenager
MADISON — Fifteen-year-old Lanie Howes is not one for setting modest goals.
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Kayaker rescued from Carrabassett whitewater
NORTH ANSON — A kayaker from Brunswick was rescued Wednesday evening from the whitewater rapids of the Carrabassett River.
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Skowhegan man indicted on reckless conduct charge
SKOWHEGAN — A Skowhegan man has been indicted by a Somerset County grand jury on two counts of reckless conduct with a firearm related to a shooting in August.