The Thin Blue Line flag was one of many that flew above Skowhegn streets on May 7, the day of Cpl. Eugene Cole’s funeral in Bangor.
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, Maine Crime
Pittsfield man indicted on charges of trafficking fentanyl, cocaine, heroin
Todd M. Anderson, 21, heads a list of indictments handed up by the Somerset County grand jury.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Farmington man indicted on 16 counts of rape of a child
Joseph L. Magee of Farmington is being held at the Franklin County jail on $100,000 cash bail.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Cpl. Eugene Cole was on the ground when he was fatally shot, document says
John D. Williams, who is charged with killing the Somerset County officer in April, allegedly told investigators that ‘he was mad at Cpl. Cole for arresting his girlfriend.’
Posted inLocal & State, News
Effort to move memorial to state trooper killed in Palmyra underway
Trooper Thomas Merry was killed in 1980 while setting up a roadblock to stop a car involved in a high-speed chase.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Legislature passes bill calling for naming Norridgewock bridge for Cpl. Eugene Cole
The bill to name the $22 million bridge completed in 2011 for the slain Somerset County deputy sheriff heads to the governor’s desk for his consideration.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Skowhegan protesters decry Trump administration’s immigration policy
The people gather on the Margaret Chase Smith Bridge said the policy change anouncement the president made Wednesday is irrelevant, because it still means innocent children will be locked up.
Posted inLocal & State
Skowhegan, Kingfield awarded trail grants by BikeMaine
The Bicycle Coalition of Maine gave Main Street Skowhegan $10,000 for trail loop work around the Kennebec River Gorge.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Asbestos jacks up cost of demolishing Skowhegan building
Three times the amount of asbestos tile is found on the Kennebec Valley Inn; developer calculates cost of removal more than doubles.
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Four area towns send firefighters to deal with flare-up at Norridgewock landfill
The fire was reported to have been less severe than one that broke out Tuesday in the landfill and resulted in three firefighters receiving hospital treatment for heat stress and smoke inhalation.