Middle-school students in Somerset Homeschool Co-op comprise team Infinite Velocity that will compete in Knoxville, Tennessee, May 24-27.
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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Three-alarm Waterville fire at community support agency draws crews from several communities
One man who lived in attached apartment building was left homeless.
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Madison schools trying to hold line on spending despite loss of paper mill taxes
Salaries for new principals at high school and junior high school were on the table Tuesday at an informational meeting.
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Somerset County adds security guard, dispatcher as part of proposed 2016-17 budget
Proposed $12.5 million spending package set for public hearing and commissioners’ vote May 16.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
State police, Skowhegan police investigate camp break-ins, vandalism at Lake George
Some of the burglaries occurred in Canaan, allowing for the joint investigation of crimes apparently committed during the winter
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One-way street signs in Skowhegan removed as changes made to changes made earlier this month
Gem Street and Cowette Street are expected to get new “local traffic only” signs as traffic policy emerges in preparation for a May 23 public hearing.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Skowhegan public hearing on banning pot sales turns into blustery debate on town streets
Selectmen agreed to present the pot ban at Town Meeting in June and to hold a public hearing on one-way streets May 23.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
State supreme court rejects appeal of Palmyra man convicted of murder
The court upheld the jury conviction of Jason Cote, who was sentenced to 45 years for the murder of Ricky Cole in 2013 in Detroit.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Medical reports on Troy infant’s death in January not ready for court
Conference in manslaughter case against Miranda Hopkins was moved Monday to June
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, News
Jewish film director from Norridgewock shines light on nationalist Zionism
Eric Axelman says his film “70 Years Across the Sea: American Jews and 21st Century Zionism” seeks to have Jews “re-examine what and how we’re being taught about Israel and trying to investigate what being Jewish means to us living in the 21st century.”