With up to 2 feet of snow expected along with blizzard conditions, local snow removal crews are preparing for the biggest storm to hit this winter while schools and offices close on Monday.
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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Athens Community School gets state grant to drill a water well on school property
School currently gets its water from a nearby well downtown, which is privately owned and serves five other homes and businesses.
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No injuries reported in Waterville fire
All occupants of a house on John Avenue were out of the house and uninjured, according to a Fairfield fire captain.
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Police, emergency personnel respond to reported drug overdose Friday night in Skowhegan
Robert Hamilton, 36, of Warren, survived the overdose and was arrested on a probation violation.
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Maine golf legend was held at gunpoint in Vassalboro by a burglar whom police later shot, killed
Dickie Browne was tied up in the basement of his Fairway Drive home while the burglar ransacked his house, and police responding to the burglary later shot at a pair of suspects — Kadhar Bailey and Ambroshia Fagre — killing both.
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Sappi paper mill touts transformational shift with $165 million upgrade
The No. 1 paper machine at the Somerset County mill will be retooled to make mostly consumer packaging products, toothpaste and cosmetics boxes, tea packets and dry goods packaging.
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Troy woman charged in the death of infant son free on bail, allowed to see other sons
Miranda Hopkins, 32, was released on property bond and will be allowed to see her two other sons, ages 6 and 8, as she awaits prosecution on a charge of manslaughter.
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Skowhegan Planning Board approves downtown charter high school
The plan submitted by the Cornville Regional Charter School anticipates having students in class by August, but town officials have imposed stipulations about parking and transportation.
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Large fire reported at condominiums at Saddleback Mountain in Rangeley
A Franklin County emergency dispatcher said one of the buildings might have been lost to the blaze as fire units from all over the county responded.
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Troy mother indicted on lesser manslaughter charge in infant son’s death
Miranda Hopkins, 32, initially was charged with depraved indifference murder, but a Waldo County grand jury indicted her Tuesday on a manslaughter charge, and she was due to be released on bail.