Susan Morissette said she first pieced together panels for a small “get well” quilt from Maine two days after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center.
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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Embden voters at Town Meeting reject proposal to establish highway department
The proposal would have changed the way the town has done business for years; supporters said the change would have saved taxpayers money.
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Skowhegan firefighters honored for saving Waterville responder during apartment blaze
Firefighter Dan Brown was trapped under debris from a collapsed ceiling in the Feb. 1 fire on Summer Street in Waterville when Skowhegan’s Rapid Intervention Team came to his rescue.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Three Long Creek inmates captured after escape from camp outing
The three stole an SUV near Carrabassett Valley and were taken into custody in South Portland, authorities say.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Young inmates apprehended after escaping from Franklin County camping retreat
Three teenagers from Long Creek Youth Development Center allegedly stole a car after escaping custody while on a camping retreat Friday morning, police said.
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Longtime Cornville selectman seeking re-election, says budget should stay the same
Melvin Blaisdell, 67, is running unopposed for a three-year term as first selectman in the upcoming election, while municipal spending is expected to remain the same at about $550,000.
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Solon Town Meeting voters to consider transfer station truck replacement, sidewalks fixes
Projected municipal spending for the coming year will grow by less than 1 percent if all articles pass Saturday during Town Meeting, as selectmen and the Budget Committee recommend.
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Skowhegan’s controversial Moody Street to be closed to town maintenance, plowing
A unanimous vote Tuesday night by the Board of Selectmen keeps the tiny street a private way, not a town-accepted road
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Embden voters to decide whether to form town highway department
The highway department question is part of a referendum ballot to be voted on Friday, while the Town Meeting and voting on the annual town budget is scheduled for Saturday.
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For the love of the game — new baseball training site in Skowhegan keeps it in the family
Jesse LaCasse opens up a batting cage in former Village Candlelight Restaurant, owned by his grandmother, and Sterns Department Store, founded by his great grandfather.