BINGHAM — United Way of Mid-Maine will host an Early Literacy Fair today from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Quimby Middle School library.
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.
Sports parents told to test kids
SKOWHEGAN — There were no new cases of whooping cough reported Friday in Skowhegan schools, but parents of high school baseball and softball players were advised to have their children treated with antibiotics as a precaution.
Whooping cough found in Skowhegan schools
SKOWHEGAN — There are three confirmed cases of whooping cough in Skowhegan schools, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Madison students win big at wind contest
MADISON — Students jokingly call it The Floating Beast; a scale-model, floating offshore wind-turbine platform.
Madison wins big at wind challenge
MADISON — Students jokingly call it The Floating Beast; a scale-model, floating offshore wind-turbine platform.
Norridgewock planners approve housing project for elderly
NORRIDGEWOCK — The Norridgewock Planning Board has approved construction of a 12-unit elderly housing project on eight acres of farmland near the Skowhegan town line.
Skowhegan senior is Coca-Cola scholar
SKOWHEGAN — Anna Marshall wants to change the world.
Cornville charter school officials optimistic
CORNVILLE — The Cornville Regional Charter School will be ready for classes in September in the former Cornville Elementary School with 50 students in kindergarten through grade 6.
Charter school awaits state acceptance
CORNVILLE — The Cornville Regional Charter School will be ready for classes in September in the former Cornville Elementary School with 50 students in kindergarten through grade 6.