MADISON — Paul Fortin, a longtime member of the Madison Advisory Board and the Planning Board and a former school board director, is challenging four-term incumbent Selectman Robert Hagopian in elections today.
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 voters approve fire, police road funds
SKOWHEGAN — Residents in early voting at Monday’s annual Town Meeting agreed to spend $1,078,945 for the Police Department, $716,151 for the Fire Department, $796,204 for solid waste management, $884,00 for debt retirement, and a total of $1.25 million for summer roads, winter roads and vehicle maintenance.
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Four town seats contested on Skowhegan ballot
SKOWHEGAN — The road commissioner’s job, the town clerk and treasurer’s position and two open seats on the Board of Selectmen are all up for grabs Tuesday during annual elections.
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Proposal raises Skowhegan budget 6 percent
SKOWHEGAN — Voters at the annual Town Meeting on Monday night will be asked to spend 5.5 to 6 percent more in the coming year to make up for spending cuts made over the past few years.
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Madison won’t stop believing
MADISON — They marched to “Pomp and Circumstance” Friday night in royal blue and soild white, those 62 graduates of the class of 2012 at Madison Area Memorial High school.
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Police: Couple’s jewelry stolen while they slept
SKOWHEGAN — A man who had been out of jail for three days was arrested again Friday on charges that he broke into a couple’s home while they slept and stole more than $10,000 in diamond jewelry.
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Newport soldier’s funeral is June 16
NEWPORT — The funeral for Army Capt. Jay Brainard has been scheduled for Saturday, June 16, at Crosby & Neal Funeral Home on Main Street in Newport, a family member said Tuesday.
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Americans at work in Skowhegan
SKOWHEGAN — New Balance’s “Made in America” line of athletic footwear begins in Skowhegan with plant manager Patrick Welch.
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SAD 13 voters approve budget for ballot
BINGHAM — Residents of School Administrative District 13 in Bingham and Moscow approved the $3.1 million school budget Wednesday night.
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Skowhegan robber may have used getaway vehicle
SKOWHEGAN — Police continued the search Wednesday for a man who robbed a convenience store Tuesday evening.