BINGHAM — The school board’s regular meeting will take place tonight as scheduled, but rather than look to the upcoming school year with a new budget, board members will have to work on another round of budget meetings — and possibly budget cuts.
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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Bingham and Moscow reject SAD 13 budget for second time
BINGHAM — School Administrative District 13 voters in Bingham and Moscow rejected the proposed $3.1 million budget for 2012-13 in referendum voting Tuesday.
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Skowhegan grist mill addition allows teens to share tech savvy with elders
SKOWHEGAN — Micah Weatherford used the Internet to find the story of his ancestor, William Weatherford, an American Indian chief also known as Red Eagle.
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Revote on SAD 13 budget today in Bingham and Moscow
BINGHAM — Residents of School Administrative District 13 in Bingham and Moscow will vote again today on the proposed $3.1 million school budget for the coming year.
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LePage order halts Skowhegan project
SKOWHEGAN — A $400,000 downtown revitalization grant is on hold following a freeze on the issuance of $40 million in voter-approved bonds by Gov. Paul LePage.
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LePage order halts project
SKOWHEGAN — A $400,000 downtown revitalization grant is on hold following a freeze on the issuance of $40 million in voter-approved bonds by Gov. Paul LePage.
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Mercier’s murder trial to include remarks
SKOWHEGAN — A search by police in 1980 of a pickup truck owned by Jay Mercier and statements made by him to police investigators that year, and later in 2010 and 2011, will be admissible when the Industry man goes on trial for murder.
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Cornville charter school to get another chance
CORNVILLE — The application for a proposed Cornville charter school, rejected earlier this week by the state commission that authorizes them, will get a second chance.
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Logger dies in Jackman woods accident
JACKMAN — A heavy-equipment mechanic from Canada was killed Wednesday in a timber-harvesting accident in this northern Somerset County town, police said Thursday.
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Panel to revisit Cornville charter school proposal
CORNVILLE — The application for a proposed Cornville charter school, rejected earlier this week by the state commission that authorizes them, will get a second chance.