Superior Court Justice Robert Mullen says the prevalence of people not showing up for jury duty is endangering the ability of trials to be held, so he’s calling a recent dozen people to task and threatening a penalty.
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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Skowhegan mother charged with misusing 911, violating release
Stephanie Freeman, 29, has been arrested or summoned 16 times in the last two years, including charges related to being discovered intoxicated with a 2-year-old child.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Lifestyle, Local & State, Music
Wesserunsett council steps in with art, music event after Billy’s Belly Bluegrass festival falls through
Billy’s Belly Bluegrass Music Festival has been canceled because of the organizer’s health problems, but the arts council will hold a substitute festival at the bluegrass site.
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Skowhegan workers unearth wooden pre-Civil War water main
The North Avenue find, discovered amid excavation for the town’s sewer separation project, probably dates to about the 1850s, officials said.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, Maine Crime
Skowhegan man charged with assaulting police officer says he was having seizure
Noah Goodridge, 20, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the assault charge, saying he suffered an epileptic seizure June 12 when Officer Ryan Blakeney confronted and arrested him.
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State police: Fairfield man killed in car crash on I-95 in Waterville
Bertrand Bard, 73, lost control while passing another vehicle, crashed into trees and died at the scene.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Skowhegan downtown charter school pays off town loans, applies for another
Travis Works, executive director of the Cornville Regional Charter School, said the town’s revolving loan for $100,000 has been paid in full, just in time for him to apply for another $100,000 from the revolving loan fund.
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Fallen power lines snarl downtown Skowhegan traffic
Wires came down in two locations within 24 minutes of one another Tuesday in Skowhegan, backing up traffic in the afternoon.
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Wife of slain Somerset County deputy getting a new house
Sheryl Cole, whose husband Cpl. Eugene Cole was killed in the line of duty in April, says she’s grateful for local contractors donating time, equipment and materials for the home being built in Norridgewock.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Police: Drunk driver from Connecticut crashed into Detroit house
Maine State Police said Scott Nicholson, 48, crashed into a house, but no one was injured.