Uncle Spudd, with its first full-length CD, mixes old and new music styles in a North Avenue garage loft.
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 sewer project to shut down two-way traffic on North Avenue
Stormwater separation project begins Wednesday and will last all summer.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Skowhegan man charged with reckless conduct with a firearm
Ryan Willis, 28, allegedly waved a pistol at neighbors on Back Road in Skowhegan on Sunday.
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Developer withdraws Skowhegan Plaza laundromat plan
Dana Cassidy said town would not waive sewer hook-up fees, so he is taking his equipment and his business elsewhere.
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Skowhegan town manager, Main Street director inspired by Colorado white-water parks
A new $15,000 grant will cover the process of obtaining permits for the Run of River park along the Kennebec River gorge.
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Paul York elected chairman of Skowhegan selectmen
Selectmen also voted to allow the Opera House Committee to send out requests for proposals to renovate the 108-year-old building.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
Child sex charges, drug trafficking indictments handed up in Somerset County
The Somerset County grand jury brought charges against 24 people.
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District attorney files felony charges against juvenile in Skowhegan arson case
A 15-year-old Skowhegan boy is charged with four counts of felony arson in connection with the June 12 fires outside the Family Circle apartment complex.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Newport-based school district issues resolution on education funding
The school board in House Minority Leader Ken Fredette’s home district demands statewide eduction funding at 55 percent, a fact Democrats seized on Monday as a budget stalemate heads toward a government shutdown.
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Smithfield Fire Department warns of fake firefighters
Teenagers saying they were local firefighters might have been looking over a home with the intention of commiting a burglary or robbery there later, the fire chief said.