Emergency crews said the truck, loaded with lumber, crashed near mile marker 115 in Sidney.
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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Candidates for Skowhegan selectman to appear at public forum
The Skowhegan Chamber of Commerce is hosting the event to showcase the seven candidates running for the two seats vacated by Soren Siren and Darla Pickett.
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Norridgewock farmer found dead under machine had kidnapping conviction
Francis Smith was pronounced dead at his home on the Ward Hill Road, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
29th annual Maine Town Meeting in Skowhegan focuses on fake news
A day short of the anniversary of Margaret Chase Smith’s ‘Declaration of Conscience’ speech, a former journalist and a historian address the evolving role of media in American society.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, Maine Crime
Pittsfield search leads to seizure of drugs, arrest of Nichols Street man
Todd Anderson Jr. was charged with trafficking in heroin, Fentanyl and cocaine within one thousand feet of designated safe zone.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
National police organization raises funds in memory of Cpl. Eugene Cole
Sheryl Cole says the family is determining what use to put the money to in addition to a scholarship to the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Public hearing set for ‘bare-bones’ spending package for SAD 13
Four votes were taken last year on the budget proposed for Bingham and Moscow schools, which are now on the table for elimination.
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Bingham ATV crash kills New Hampshire man, critically injures another
Charles Goodstein, 55, died in a single vehicle accident in Bingham; companion hospitalized in critical condition.
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Eddington woman injured in motorcycle crash in Palmyra
A sedan driven by a Skowhegan woman pulled out of a parking lot onto Main Street and apparently struck the motorcycle on which Kimberlee Butkewicz was a passenger.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State
The 10 Mile Yard Sale from Cornville to Skowhegan marks 35 years
Pack rubber boots and umbrellas for this weekend’s roadside sales as people may be in their garages and barns if they’re not out on the lawn.