David Bucknam, 47, served 10 years with the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office, finishing in 2015 as a detective.
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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Skowhegan-area woman reported missing Tuesday
Police say Tina Stadig has not been seen by friends since May 28.
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Waterville Democrats appoint new chairwoman, treasurer
Nominations for mayor were postponed and will be considered at a July 26 meeting.
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Former Anson tax collector begins serving sentence for embezzlement
Claudia Viles, convicted of stealing more than $500,000 over a number of years from the town, begins a five-year prison sentence though she maintains her innocence.
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Autopsies: Madison shooting victims died from gunshots to head, chest
The state medical examiner’s office released the results of the autopsies today, including that the shooter, Carroll Tuttle Jr., died of multiple gunshots in an exchange with Somerset County Sheriff’s deputies.
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Two people escape injury in Interstate-95 car fire
The fire Saturday evening was reported in the northbound lanes of the Interstate in Sidney, state police said.
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Composers premiere their music during Atlantic Music Festival at Colby
Ninth annual gathering, which got underway Saturday with an eclectic piece at Lorimer Chapel, will run until July 29 and will feature about 40 performances.
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Skowhegan man recalls raising slain woman, says partner was abusive
Ambrose “Tom” McCarthy, 73, helped raise Lori Hayden and her sister Trisha with their mother, Darla Pickett, starting in the late 1960s after their biological father was killed in a traffic accident.
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Madison gunman set off by false belief in affair, family member says
Eyewitness account describes police firing at the gunman, Carroll Tuttle Jr. Sheriff’s deputies ‘threw me under that truck over there when they started shooting,’ the neighbor says.
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Domestic-violence shootings in Madison end in deaths of 4
Authorities said Carroll Tuttle Jr. shot and killed his partner, Lori Hayden, and their 25-year-old son, shot a neighbor to death and wounded another relative before police fatally shot Tuttle.