Noah Goodridge reportedly was experiencing an epileptic seizure when he was approached by a police officer, who arrested him and charged him with assault.
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.
Posted inLocal & State
Man was trying to help fellow boater on Hartland pond when — ‘boom’ — his motorboat burst into flames
Family says other boats from all over lake and game wardens came to help after an explosion in the engine compartment, burning the vessel completely.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Skowhegan BB-shooting victim ‘stable’ but could have brain damage
Charles Quimby, 19, was shot in the head and the BB is lodged in his brain, according to his father.
Posted inLocal & State
Central Maine heat wave sends people searching for relief
High temperatures and humidity in the region this week prompts agencies to recommend taking it easy and checking on neighbors.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Skowhegan man critical following pellet-gun shooting to head
Police say 19-year-old Charles Quimby was shot in the head Sunday with a pellet gun.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State
West Athens playwright to cast new play in September
A former drama teacher in the Skowhegan and Madison school districts follows up last year’s success with a play focusing on high school seniors.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Teachers get hands-on training on how to use 3-D printers in the classroom
Teachers from North Anson-based RSU 74, the Bingham-Moscow and Madison school districts, and Farmington-based RSU 9 attended the STEAM Academy this week to learn how to teach the new curriculum.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Clinton woman charged with embezzlement from Norridgewock store
Joyce Carpenter allegedly took more than $10,000 from the Tradewinds store while employed there as a clerk.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Pyro City Maine launches fireworks store in Skowhegan just weeks after vote
A Town Meeting vote allows the sale of pyrotechnics in town just in time for the Fourth of July with a full stock of consumer fireworks and instruction on their safe use.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Skowhegan man charged with robbery in holdup of Skowhegan Savings Bank
DNA evidence led the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office to Dustin L. Everett, who confessed his involvement in the robbery of the Norridgewock branch.