A Skowhegan man remained in critical condition at a Bangor hospital Tuesday after he was rescued from the Kennebec River on Saturday.
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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Symbolic Skowhegan shoe moves for fair
SKOWHEGAN — The Skowhegan Free Public Library had no trouble “moving more kids” Tuesday morning as five members of the high school cheerleading squad rolled a 6 foot high, 70-pound metal sculpture up Madison Avenue to the state fairgrounds.
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Heroism abounds in Skowhegan river rescue
SKOWHEGAN — A Florida banker visiting family at their riverside home in Skowhegan pulled a man from the Kennebec River Saturday afternoon, just as Skowhegan police, fire and emergency medical personnel arrived to help save the man’s life.
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Skowhegan State Fair ready for 193rd year
The Ferris wheel is back. So is the beano tent.
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Canada’s money gets cold shoulder in Maine
When Jim Benoit of Halifax, Nova Scotia, visited central Maine with his family for his daughter’s softball tournaments in July, he was surprised to find his Canadian dollar not welcome everywhere.
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Canadian money not always welcome
When Jim Benoit of Halifax, Nova Scotia, visited central Maine with his family for his daughter’s softball tournaments in July, he was surprised to find his Canadian dollar not welcome everywhere.
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Repeat sex offender from Bingham gets 90 days in jail
SKOWHEGAN — A three-time convicted sex offender from Bingham was sentenced to 90 days in jail this week for exposing himself to women downtown in March.
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Get ready for Mercer Old Home Days
MERCER — Lobster dinner Saturday night; turkey pie dinner on Sunday.
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Man offers reward for scoop on stolen tools
CONCORD TOWNSHIP — A New Hampshire building contractor is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever broke into his home in Concord Township and made off with an estimated $3,500 in tools and equipment.
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Summer events combine for Skowhegan festival
SKOWHEGAN — Summer events that have taken place in Skowhegan for the past quarter century will be combined this year into one big summer festival, beginning Thursday and running through Sunday.