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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PublishedJuly 4, 2011
Code of Ethics offers Skowhegan officials guidelines
SKOWHEGAN — The town’s recently updated Code of Ethics For Elected and Appointed Officials has yet to be put to the test, but it’s in place to make sure residents and business owners are treated fairly by their local government.
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PublishedJuly 4, 2011
Remembering the Maine men who helped save the Union
CORNVILLE — On July 4, 1863, Lt. Edwin Barlow Dow, commander of the 6th Maine Artillery Battery, rode across the blood-soaked fields of Gettysburg, Pa., where on the previous three days the most famous and most important battle of the Civil War had raged.
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PublishedJuly 4, 2011
Cornville man moved by ancestor’s valor in Civil War
CORNVILLE — On July 4, 1863, Lt. Edwin Barlow Dow, commander of the 6th Maine Artillery Battery, rode across the blood-soaked fields of Gettysburg, Pa., where on the previous three days the most famous and most important battle of the Civil War had raged.
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PublishedJuly 2, 2011
‘Silver Alerts’ to aid searches for elderly
AUGUSTA — Maine is using a new “Silver Alert” system to search statewide for a missing elderly person suffering from dementia, Alzheimer’s disease or other illness.
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PublishedJuly 2, 2011
‘Silver alerts’ find elderly
AUGUSTA — Maine is using a new “Silver Alert” system to search statewide for a missing elderly person suffering from dementia, Alzheimer’s disease or other illness.
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PublishedApril 18, 2011
10-mile yard sale is a very, very long flea market
CORNVILLE — Theresa Blake-Ireland of Oakland already has her calendar marked for May 21-22.
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PublishedApril 18, 2011
Fairfield pizzeria has secret admirer
FAIRFIELD — Is Sonny’s Superfan the new Postcard Jack?
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PublishedApril 18, 2011
New postcard-sender mystery develops
FAIRFIELD — Is Sonny’s Superfan the new Postcard Jack?
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PublishedApril 16, 2011
Money transferred to police after Skowhegan drug raid
SKOWHEGAN — Selectmen this week approved the transfer of $1,500 to the Skowhegan Police Department in a cash forfeiture case initiated by District Attorney’s Office.
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PublishedApril 16, 2011
Skowhegan selectmen approve alternative cap
SKOWHEGAN — Selectmen this week voted to use spending recommendations from the Budget and Finance Committee as a cap on articles at the annual town meeting, but only if those figures are higher than recommendations made by the Board of Selectmen.
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