SKOWHEGAN — A Clinton mother of three was credited Thursday with pulling an unconscious man and his young daughter to safety from deep water at Lake George Regional Park.
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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Skowhegan biker killed in crash
MADISON — A Skowhegan man was killed Wednesday morning when his motorcycle was struck by a sport utility vehicle on state Route 148 at Blackwell Hill Road.
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Somerset County budget approved
SKOWHEGAN — Somerset County commissioners and the county Budget Committee approved the $11,488,000 budget for 2012-13 Wednesday evening, but it wasn’t unanimous.
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Skowhegan biker dies in SUV crash
MADISON — A Skowhegan man was killed Wednesday morning when his motorcycle was struck by a sport utility vehicle on state Route 148 at Blackwell Hill Road.
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Somerset County budget boost just marginal
SKOWHEGAN — The proposed Somerset County budget for the coming year is up about $200,000, meaning marginal increases in taxes spread across the 34 towns, plantations and territories in the county.
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Warden pilot charged
The chief pilot for the Maine Warden Service is on administrative leave following his arrest on domestic violence charges.
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Warden pilot charged
The chief pilot for the Maine Warden Service is on administrative leave following his arrest on domestic violence charges.
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Madison Boy Scout troop to volunteer time to this year’s Trek Across Maine
MADISON — Scoutmaster Mike Pike and Boy Scout Troop 481 won’t mind getting up early on Saturday to volunteer for the 28th annual Trek Across Maine.
Neither will some of the moms and dads who will help the boys pitch about 100 tents for bicycle trekkers at Colby College in Waterville on the second day of 180-mile American Lung Association fundraiser.
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Skowhegan residents support fireworks sale ban
SKOWHEGAN — Residents voted Tuesday to ban the sale of consumer fireworks, but agreed to allow the use of fireworks in Skowhegan under state guidelines.
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Fortin unseats chairman of Madison selectmen
MADISON — Former Planning Board and school board member Paul Fortin said he will work toward more openness in town government after he unseated the chairman of the Board of Selectmen Tuesday.