EAST MADISON — A former Maine State Prison guard and registered Maine Guide began serving time at the Somerset County Jail this week for the illegal trapping, torture and death of a wild bobcat in 2009.
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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Man allegedly on ‘bath salts’ becomes agitated during ambulance ride
MADISON — A man who police believe was homeless and high on the synthetic hallucinogenic drug “bath salts” was pulled from the Kennebec River Saturday afternoon and later taken by LifeFlight helicopter to a Bangor hospital.
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West Athens plans quiet Fourth of July; play, parade not held this year
WEST ATHENS — The zany floats, children’s kazoo bands, hippie flowers and colorful Samba dancers won’t be on Valley Road this year for the annual Fourth of July parade.
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Madison man becomes agitated during ambulance ride
MADISON — A man who police believe was homeless and high on the synthetic hallucinogenic drug “bath salts” was pulled from the Kennebec River Saturday afternoon and later taken by LifeFlight helicopter to a Bangor hospital.
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West Athens plans quiet Fourth
WEST ATHENS — The zany floats, children’s kazoo bands, hippie flowers and colorful Samba dancers won’t be on Valley Road this year for the annual Fourth of July parade.
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Good karma at the drive-in
SKOWHEGAN — Donald C. Brown Jr. has good drive-in movie karma.
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Police to add officer
MADISON — The Madison Police Department will add a new patrol officer in the coming months as part of a federal program aimed at hiring recently discharged military veterans.
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Jury finds Fairfield man guilty in robbery
A Fairfield man was found guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor for his role in the armed robbery of a Skowhegan credit union three years ago.
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Jury finds man guilty for role in credit union robbery
A Fairfield man was found guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor for his role in the armed robbery of a Skowhegan credit union three years ago.
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Chief warden pilot pleads not guilty to assault charges
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The chief pilot for the Maine Warden Service entered a plea of not guilty Monday on domestic violence charges stemming from an alleged incident at his home June 1.