Traffic volume and speeding complaints on side streets used as short cuts have been a problem since April.
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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Belgrade man charged after Skowhegan suspicious box incident Wednesday
Police said Jake Demore, 25, is charged with felony terrorizing and with raising a false alarm.
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More than 100 people ask if Massachusetts energy policy will destroy Moosehead Lake region
For many in the audience of presentation in Rockwood Strip on Wednesday, that answer was yes.
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Suspicious box, ‘disturbing’ message at Skowhegan business led to road closure
Skowhegan Police Chief David Bucknam said crews responded to a report of a suspicious package at the business called AtWork, and the state police bomb squad had been called to investigate but later was turned back.
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Anson woman tried to bite sheriff’s deputy, rammed head against cruiser cage, police say
Heather Haley, 30, was arrested Monday night after Somerset County sheriff’s deputies were sent to a noise complaint on Valley Road in Anson.
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At Skowhegan fair, Stan’s French Fries courts loyal following for fresh spuds
Stanley McGray is marking 30 years as the ‘official’ french fry guy of the nation’s longest running state fair.
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Anti-wind group to outline opposition to new plans for 200 turbines in Somerset County
A group that fears that more industrial wind development in rural Somerset County will hurt the economy and quality of life for area residents.
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Fairfield woman arrested on felony drug charges
Roxanne Mattson, 34, allegedly had cocaine, heroin and prescription drug pills at her Main Street apartment, where police also found two children.
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Protesters in Skowhegan on Sunday decry white nationalism
Placards calling for an end to racism came following deadly clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Hartland artist Olena Babak part of Saturday’s Open Studio Tours
Wesserunsett Arts Council tours of 20 studios and galleries in its eighth year.