Outrage ramped up on social media over the holiday business promotion, highlighting longstanding objections over the use of an ‘Indians’ mascot for school sports teams.
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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Madison residents to decide whether to ban retail pot businesses
The town manager said results of the vote will give the town direction on how to proceed next regarding retail marijuana establishments.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Opposition to new industrial wind towers grows in Somerset County
Legislators, county commissioners and business owners fear ridge line development will be “a death sentence” to the regional economy.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, News, Religion and Values
Martin Luther’s ‘protest’ celebrates 500 years Sunday
The anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation will be observed at Colby College and Lutheran church on Cool Street, Waterville.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Skowhegan tax rate increases from $19.04 for every $1,000 of property value to $20
The state homestead exemption, a rise in town expenses and a drop in the Sappi mill valuation all are contributing to the increase.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Deal over plowing Skowhegan street dismays residents
Selectmen thought they had found a solution allowing the town to plow a private way, but some residents don’t like the price attached to it.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Madison High students serving community for credit
Health education teacher Karyn Bussell’s class will be raising money for hurricane relief, doing yard work for those unable to do it and recognizing veterans for their service
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Driver who fled Skowhegan crash scene Sunday night turns himself in
Thomas Aubin, 28, of Canaan, was injured in the crash on Red Bridge Road that knocked out a utility pole before the vehicle burst into flames.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, News
Assistant Attorney General shows not just another pretty picture
Fresh from the nine-day murder trial of Robert Burton Skowhegan gallery displays some of John Alsop’s oil paintings at Not Just Another Pretty Picture exhibit.
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Colby volunteers, others haul discarded items away from Waterville’s South End
The rubbish collection, financed by Colby College, was intended to help the neighborhod and get students more involved with the community in which they go to school.