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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PublishedFebruary 12, 2012
Cornville charter school ready for fall classes
CORNVILLE — After two years of preparation, the directors of the proposed Cornville Regional Charter School say they are ready for fall classes with a minimum of 40 students in kindergarten through grade eight.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2012
Somerset County officials to select budget committee
SKOWHEGAN — Municipal officials from all 33 Somerset County towns and plantations next week will select the county’s first Budget Committee members under the new county charter.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2012
West Athens Fourth of July parade canceled
WEST ATHENS — After 40 years of zany parades, children’s kazoo bands, hippie flowers and political satire on stage at the Valley Road gravel pit, the Fourth of July in West Athens this summer will be like any other day — quiet.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2012
July 4 fun takes hit for booze, drugs
WEST ATHENS — After 40 years of zany parades, children’s kazoo bands, hippie flowers and political satire on stage at the Valley Road gravel pit, the Fourth of July in West Athens this summer will be like any other day — quiet.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2012
Bath salts charge leads to quick second arrest
FAIRFIELD — Police arrested John Linscott, 62, on Saturday for the second time in five months on a charge of trafficking in the synthetic hallucinogenic drug known as bath salts.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2012
Bishop conducts final St. Francis Mass
WATERVILLE — The winter sun beamed brightly through stained-glass windows of the 12 Apostles at St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic church Sunday for the last Mass celebrated in the 137-year-old parish church.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2012
Grant to bring new phones to SAD 54
SKOWHEGAN — A new telephone system to be installed in district schools will link teachers and staff to the Internet and relay information on school closings and early dismissal to family cellphones, computers and home phones.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2012
Grant to bring new phones
SKOWHEGAN — A new telephone system to be installed in district schools will link teachers and staff to the Internet and relay information on school closings and early dismissal to family cellphones, computers and home phones.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2012
Meals on Wheels drivers need help
SKOWHEGAN — Spectrum Generations’ Meals on Wheels program needs a few good people to make food deliveries twice weekly to homebound seniors.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2012
Ayla home struck by vandals
WATERVILLE — Police on Saturday said vandalism overnight Friday at the Violette Avenue home where toddler Ayla Reynolds was reported missing in December was reckless and cowardly.
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