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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.

Madison man arrested twice over weekend into Monday

by Doug Harlow January 30, 2018January 30, 2018

Wilfred P. Brousseau was charged first for driving beyond his license restriction and then for tampering with his criminal file while being booked.

Local & State

Skowhegan Federated Church hopes to fill food gap after soup kitchen closes

by Doug Harlow January 30, 2018January 30, 2018

St. Anthony’s Soup Kitchen stopped serving meals in September and is looking for a volunteer coordinator to get it up and running.

Local & State

Skowhegan town manager’s contract amended to include pay raise

by Doug Harlow January 24, 2018January 24, 2018

Christine Almand gets a 2 percent pay raise under an agreement effective through Dec. 31.

Local & State, Maine Crime

Skowhegan proposes sex offender residency restrictions

by Doug Harlow January 24, 2018January 24, 2018

A draft ordinance is expected to go to a public hearing in April and Town Meeting in June.

Local & State

Pedestrian hit by car Monday in Skowhegan taken to Bangor hospital

by Doug Harlow January 23, 2018January 23, 2018

The 64-year-old victim suffered hip and shoulder pain; the car’s driver, a 16-year-old girl, was not injured.

Local & State

Police: Pregnant woman in Skowhegan crash died in ambulance on way to hospital

by Doug Harlow January 23, 2018January 24, 2018

The baby Desiree Strout, of Canaan, was carrying was delivered by C-section and transferred to EMMC in Bangor, but the hospital has declined to provide information on the baby.

Local & State

Police: Pregnant 27-year-old woman dies in crash on Route 2 in Skowhegan

by Doug Harlow January 22, 2018January 23, 2018

The victim, Desiree Strout, was nine months pregnant and on her way to be medically induced to give birth, and the baby was delivered via C-section following the crash.