The city’s Kringleville display served as the parade’s end point again after a hiatus of three years.
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.
Black Friday deals in central Maine lure early shoppers for annual bonanza
Deep discounts and a good economy are expected to push year-over-year sales by 3.6 percent to 4 percent.
Small Business Saturday in Skowhegan encourages shopping local
Main Street Skowhegan’s Passport to Savings promotion hopes to bring business to the downtown business district and beyond.
Skowhegan woman sentenced to 6 months for endangering her child
Stephanie Freeman, 28, was arrested Tuesday for failing to appear in court and is due in court Wednesday on a separate charge of making a false statement.
Skowhegan man arrested Friday on robbery, burglary, theft charges
Alleged victim thought Jeremy Weymouth, 27, was carrying a gun.
Evidence suppression hearing set for Dec. 4 in Luc Tieman murder case
Tieman, 34, is charged with killing his wife, Valerie, in August 2016 and burying her body behind his parent’s home in Fairfield.
Police charge three Friday in Madison drug bust
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office said an investigation revealed cocaine and heroin were being sold from a Madison Avenue apartment.
Black ice cited in spate of crashes Friday morning on central Maine roads
No significant injuries were reported to police as a result of the dozens of crashes.
Athens pair charged with burglary, theft from July shooting incident
Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster would not say how the recent charges are connected to the shooting of a New York man, who survived.
Former Pittsfield man to spend 20 years in prison for child sex crimes
William Heister, 61, pleaded guilty to felony charges and will be a lifetime sex offender registrant.