The Collections Assessment for Preservation programs will provide funding to hire two consultants this summer.
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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New hope for old mill at Madison Paper Industries
With the initial sale of the mill, real estate, equipment and hydro assets, new owners are busy marketing the site for new industrial uses and selling off equipment from the shuttered paper-maker.
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Eye Care of Maine honored as Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce’s Business of the Year
The practice with four medical doctors and four optometrists on Kennedy Memorial Drive in Waterville also has offices in Pittsfield and Greenville.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Lack of candidates for open seat on Skowhegan Board of Selectmen could mean headaches on Election Day
A seat now held by board Chairman Donald Skillings has no takers, and the interim police chief also says he won’t apply for the permanent job.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Athens Community School softball team gets gift from American Legion
Donations of almost $1,000 were used by buy new uniforms, bats and equipment.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Madison Paper Industries to sell its hydro power facilities to Eagle Creek Renewable Energy
The sale to the New Jersey hydroelectric power producer frees up opportunities for future use of the paper mill, which closed in December.
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Skowhegan traffic plan begins Monday with orange cones and sawhorses
Gem Street and Cowette Street are now open only to one-way traffic from Madison Avenue to North Avenue to slow down speeders and divert traffic from the residential neighborhood.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Skowhegan-based SAD 54 might cut principal, teaching jobs if state aid sinks
Cuts in the school district’s $34.4 million budget could result in the loss of three teaching jobs and the elimination of a principal’s position to make up the difference.
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Mid-Maine Chamber honors Brent Burger, Michael Roy, owners of 5 Campbell’s Agway True Value stores
They are the 2016 recipients of the Distinguished Community Service award.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
New Sharon woman convicted of animal cruelty might have appeal heard soon in court
Carol Murphy, 72, is appealing her 364-day jail sentence for contempt of court for possessing animals after being forbidden twice to do so.