Rouse won with 191 votes Tuesday, defeating three other ballot candidates.
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.
Maine Forest Service, local departments at woods fire near Sibley Pond
The remote location at the Canaan/Pittsfield line where the fire was reported is hard to access, according to reports.
Skowhegan residents at Town Meeting Monday vote 44-43 to ban pot sales
Budget of $10.8 million passes, as does use of $750,000 in surplus money.
Suspected arson of cars investigated in Skowhegan
Five cars were burned and five more vandalized early Monday on Family Circle.
Six people charged Friday in Skowhegan drug raid
Heroin, crack cocaine, cash and alleged trafficking documentation seized by police.
Skowhegan graduates urged to be ‘big, burly guy’ knitting on the subway
At commencement ceremonies Sunday, former students told to have guts to follow their passion.
Twin sisters graduate top of their class at Carrabec High School
The school awarded diplomas to 40 graduating seniors Friday night.
Athens woman taken by helicopter to hospital after crash
A sport utility vehicle driven by Laurie Dombroski, 58, of Athens, caught fire Friday afternoon after hitting another vehicle and a building, police said.
Four candidates facing off for one open seat on Skowhegan Board of Selectmen
Voting by secret ballot is scheduled for Tuesday in the Municipal Building on Water Street.
Marijuana, money, property maintenance on Skowhegan Town Meeting agenda
The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday in the Opera House, with elections due on Tuesday.