District Attorney Maeghan Maloney said this year’s event takes on special significance by coming so soon after Robert Burton’s murder conviction and the deaths of three victims in Madison.
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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Century-old Skowhegan water fountain vandalized
The Roman Fluted Magnus fountain will be taken apart this winter to be repaired.
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Somerset Public Health to receive five-year federal grant
The Drug-Free Communities Support Program is aimed at preventing youth substance abuse.
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Homicides at forefront of domestic violence vigil in Skowhegan
Nearly half the homicide victims from 2006 to 2015 in Maine were killed by an intimate partner or family member.
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Would electronic monitoring of Robert Burton have prevented Stephanie Gebo’s death?
Vance Ginn, Gebo’s father, wants the state to find a way to monitor domestic violence offenders wherever they go.
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Town of Starks to celebrate Indigenous People’s Day on Monday with events
Observances Monday replace traditional Columbus Day activities and include a tour of a Native American planting field, a potluck supper and a presentation by an instructor in Native American studies.
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Jury finds Robert Burton guilty of murder in shooting death of former girlfriend
Seven men and five women deliberated for more than six hours over two days at the Penobscot Judicial Center in Bangor before returning the guilty verdict Thursday.
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Jury deliberates for four hours, to resume Thursday in Robert Burton murder trial
After Robert Burton took the stand in his own defense over two days, the case has gone to the jury of five women and seven men.
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Accused acts out shooting in Parkman murder trial
Robert Burton, using a replica gun on an improvised bed in court, acted out and narrated what he said was the shooting sequence that wounded him and killed Stephanie Gebo.
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Defendant Robert Burton testifies in Parkman murder
Burton said he wrote love notes to Stephanie Gebo, that she invited him into her bed the night before she was killed.