The body of William Lashon, 53, was found Saturday inside his home at Harvey’s Mobile Home Park off Route 150.
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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Fire crews from a dozen towns battle Canaan blaze Monday
A neighbor who called 911 said no one was home when the fire broke out around 1:30 p.m.
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Two barns, outbuildings burn in Starks
Blowing and drifting snow hampered efforts on Chicken Street as firefighters from surrounding towns made their way to the blaze.
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Somerset County commissioners endorse CMP transmission line
The proposed 145-mile hydro-electric corridor from Quebec to Massachusetts would boost the local “nature-based” economy, advocates say.
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Former Penobscot chief to speak Sunday at Waterville Universalist Unitarian Church
Barry Dana, of Solon, will discuss the native perspective on the Earth and its relationship with humans.
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Somerset commissioners reimburse Madison for police services
Town to receive $41,755 after over paying in 2017 for agreement with the sheriff’s office.
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Three people hospitalized in Sunday crash in Madison
One victim moved to a Boston hospital with possible spinal injuries.
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Waterville woman charged late Saturday after four-hour police standoff
Incident was the second standoff with police in the city in the past month.
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Waterville area’s biggest stories of 2017
Colby construction, school budget fights, missing pit bulls and Ayla declared dead were the Morning Sentinel’s most newsworthy stories of the year.
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Saturday fire leaves Waterville family of five homeless
Two cats lost in blaze; the family is safe and staying with friends.