SKOWHEGAN — One person was taken to a local hospital Sunday afternoon and several others were examined at the scene after a giant cloud of fire-suppression powder was released without warning at the Irving Circle K station on Madison Avenue, which is also U.S. Route 201.
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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Fire suppression powder blankets gas customers
SKOWHEGAN — One person was taken to a local hospital Sunday afternoon and several others were examined at the scene after a giant cloud of fire-suppression powder was released without warning at the Irving Circle K station on Madison Avenue, which is also U.S. Route 201.
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Harmony to debate ATV roadway ban
HARMONY — A proposal to close all-terrain vehicle access routes on public roads and rights of way in town is expected to prompt debate Saturday at the annual Town Meeting.
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Wescott to kids: Play outside
SKOWHEGAN — Two-time Olympic gold medalist Seth Wescott was mobbed by third- and fourth-grade children Thursday morning after a slide show from his recent snowboard trek to Antarctica.
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Skowhegan ready for Maple Festival
SKOWHEGAN — A full 10 days of family activities is on tap beginning today for this year’s Maple Festival, all leading up to Maine Maple Sunday, on March 25.
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Police reveal name of man in Norridgewock crash
NORRIDGEWOCK — Police on Wednesday released the identity of a man who died at his home Tuesday morning about four hours after declining medical attention at the scene of a car crash.
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Cornville to elect new town officers Friday
CORNVILLE — There will be new names and new faces following the election this year of a town clerk, the treasurer and the tax collector.
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Two-part plan in Skowhegan offers fireworks ordinances
SKOWHEGAN — Town Manager John Doucette Jr. has devised a plan to simplify the way residents can choose how, or if, they want to regulate the sale and use of fireworks.
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Man indicted on stabbing charge
SKOWHEGAN — A local man has been indicted by a Somerset County grand jury on a charge of allegedly stabbing another man several times in a fight at Indian Ridge Apartments Feb. 29.
Nathaniel Knight, 31, of Skowhegan, faces seven criminal charges — four of them felonies — including a burglary at nearby West Front Street Market a short time before the stabbing. Knight is accused of stabbing Jason Tibbetts, 34, after a reported fight that spilled outside onto the snowy ground.
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Palmyra community center to stay funded
PALMYRA — Voters at the annual Town Meeting on Saturday agreed to continue funding the town’s community center in the former school, but not to move the Town Office there this year.