BINGHAM — It took three rounds of voting this summer, but residents of School Administrative District 13 finally approved the 2012-13 budget Tuesday by a vote of 106-98.
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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SAD 13 budget goes before voters for third time
Polls are open from 1 to 7 p.m. in Bingham at the Quimby Middle School gymnasium and at the Moscow Town Hall.
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Fairfield man indicted on store robbery charge
SKOWHEGAN — Police arrested a Fairfield man Monday morning on a warrant for felony robbery of a convenience store in October.
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Man loses fingers in Maine truck crash
Police say speed and alcohol may have been factors in the crash.
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Man loses fingers in Harmony truck crash
Glenn Bussell, 79, of Bristol, Conn., was driving a 2003 Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck south toward Harmony village about 4:30 p.m. when he veered off the road and flipped the truck twice.
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Two injured in Canaan crash; video of damage to home owner’s porch
Police say speed and alcohol may be factors
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Madison high school goes geothermal
MADISON — Chad Grignon was a freshman in 1987 when Madison Area Memorial High School was built and the oil-fired boiler was installed.
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Alleged Skowhegan shooter still locked up
SKOWHEGAN — A local man remained behind bars Saturday on two felony counts of reckless conduct with a firearm.
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Charter schools will pull money from SAD 54
SKOWHEGAN — Students attending the two nearby charter schools this fall will pull from $350,000 to $500,000 out of the School Administrative District 54 budget, according to Superintendent Brent Colbry.
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Union and Confederacy battle once again in Fairfield
The battle was part of a three-day event called “We Are Coming, Father Abraham,” a call to arms by President Abraham Lincoln for another 300,000 volunteers to fight the Confederacy in July 1862, according to the event’s website.