A Trek staff member said the event, which benefits the American Lung Association, raises about $1.3 million every year.
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 last Maine school to hold on to Indian imagery
The Wells-Ogunquit school committee has voted to remove Native American imagery associated with its sports teams.
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Exeter man charged with criminal speeding in chase on U.S. Route 2
Jesse P. Hensley was clocked on radar going 87 mph in a 55-mph zone on a Yamaha motorcycle.
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Three firefighters injured fighting smoky fire at Norridgewock landfill
Spontaneous combustion in a small area ignited a fire on more than 2 acres that was aggravated when the wind came up.
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SAD 13 approves budget referendum on first vote
The spending package for the coming year is $3,653,899, about $154,000 more than last year.
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SAD 54 budget of $35.7 million approved by district towns
More than $560,000 in cuts were made in the spending package that is 2.56 percent higher than the current year’s budget.
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SAD 13 has yet to release vote numbers in budget referendum
The spending package for the coming year is $3,653,899, about $154,000 more than last year.
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SAD 54 budget of $35.7 million well on its way to approval
The town of Cornville has yet to report returns over the budget that us up 2.56 percent over last year’s.
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Savage wins seat on Madison Board of Selectmen
Referendum asking voters to change road commissioner and town clerk/treasurer from elected to appointed positions soundly defeated.
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York, Staples elected to Skowhegan Board of Selectmen
York, the manager of Quinn’s Hardware, tallied the most votes among the seven who were vying for the seats vacated by Soren Siren and Darla Pickett.