Widow of man who died while on a commercial trip with North Country Rivers says ‘he went rafting with our son’ and it ‘was a spur-of-the-moment thing.’
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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Body found Saturday in Skowhegan was that of a 44-year-old woman
Police said Monday that the woman whose body was found had been reported missing and her death was a suicide.
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Lawmakers: Law should be changed to make sure ‘permanent’ license suspension is forever
The proposal comes on the heels of a court ruling this month that allows a former Skowhegan man convicted in a drunken driving triple fatal crash in 1996 to reapply for his license, even though his license had been ordered suspended for life.
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Rev. John Mazzei, pastor at Christ the King churches, to retire July 1
Catholic churches in Skowhegan, Madison and Bingham will be getting a new priest.
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In Skowhegan speech, Collins cites need for ‘fanatical moderates’
The senator addressed a full house at the 28th annual Maine Town Meeting at the Margaret Chase Smith Library, saying ‘we need centrists, pragmatists to be as active in shaping the political debate as the energized far left and the aggressive right.’
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Jury finds repeat sex offender from Bingham guilty
Christopher C. Cates could go to prison for five years after a jury in Somerset County Superior Court found him guilty of unlawful sexual contact.
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Skowhegan-based SAD 54 budget passes easily Wednesday night
About 50 residents approved the $33.8 million spending package for 2017-18 with no discussion; now the package heads to a June 13 referendum.
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Skowhegan stitching company expands with factory outlet
Stitching Specialties LLC and Dog Not Gone Visibility Products at the Dane Avenue factory include mosquito, tick and black fly repellent items.
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Skowhegan selectmen vote to keep controversial traffic changes as is
The board’s 4-1 vote Tuesday came as officials said residents will have input on traffic solutions and police will assist in monitoring traffic at random times and locations.
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Auction offers more than 3,000 pieces of equipment from former Madison mill
The new owners also hope to sell the closed paper producer’s real estate and the vacant buildings.