SKOWHEGAN — Once upon a time there was a king and queen who had a beautiful daughter who was a princess.
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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Farmington police chief defends deadly force
FARMINGTON — The Farmington police officer who shot and killed a 28-year-old U.S. Army veteran had not yet entered the 18-week training program at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy, the police chief said this week.
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2 men draw federal charges for Skowhegan robbery
SKOWHEGAN — Two men face federal charges for the armed robbery of a Skowhegan credit union more than two years ago.
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Chief on shooting: Deadly force was needed
FARMINGTON — The Farmington police officer who shot and killed a 28-year-old U.S. Army veteran had not yet entered the 18-week training program at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy, the police chief said this week.
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‘Nutcracker’ to take stage in Skowhegan
SKOWHEGAN — Once upon a time there was a king and queen who had a beautiful daughter who was a princess.
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‘He wanted to die’
FARMINGTON — Justin Crowley-Smilek left his apartment Saturday morning without his wallet, his watch or his cellphone.
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Girlfriend of slain former soldier: ‘He just couldn’t take it anymore’
FARMINGTON — Justin Crowley-Smilek left his apartment Saturday morning without his wallet, his watch or his cellphone.
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PTSD still has nation in dark
FARMINGTON — A former chief judge and chairman of the U.S. Board of Veterans Appeals said Monday that after decades of war, Americans still do not understand post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Expert: Post-traumatic stress misunderstood
FARMINGTON — A former chief judge and chairman of the U.S. Board of Veterans Appeals said Monday that after decades of war, Americans still do not understand post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Veteran had war scars
FARMINGTON — The father of a man shot and killed by a police officer Saturday morning said Sunday his son had been a U.S. Army Ranger who served in Afghanistan and had come home with severe combat stress.