Miranda Hopkins, 32, remains at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset awaiting a bail hearing in February, and her lawyers say their client has an ‘exceptional case’ to be released on bail.
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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Madison man arrested on heroin charges after drug raid
Randell Woods, 31, faces felony drug charges after a police search Thursday morning of his Russell Road home.
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Time running out on what to do about Moody Street, private road near downtown Skowhegan
Town officials have given themselves three weeks to decide whether and how to proceed in making the street a town road that receives winter maintenance from the town legally.
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Palmyra man charged with possessing child pornography
Issac Bissell is free on bail after being charged with two counts of possession of sexually explicit material depicting children under 12, both class C felonies.
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Firefighters respond to call of barn fire in Cornville
Somerset County dispatcher said the barn was located on West Ridge Road near the Spurwink School.
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New charge of robbery added against Skowhegan man in pharmacy hold-up
Damien Towers, charged with stealing drugs and possession of drugs, was released on bail Monday to get drug counseling.
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Skowhegan organic farmer to speak at annual Maine Farmers’ Market Convention
Sarah Smith, of Grasslands Organic Farm, will discuss marketing and advertising ideas at the convention, held on the Alfond Campus at Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield.
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Somerset County Jail becomes first Maine county jail to do full body scan of inmates
The jail is using a low-power X-ray machine to scan for signs prison contraband hidden by inmates.
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Waterville brothers plead guilty to arson fire as revenge for marijuana theft
Alexis and Zachary Casey each will serve 16 months in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to setting fire to a car in Madison in retaliation for the theft of marijuana plants.
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Documents say Troy baby died from blunt force trauma
Miranda Hopkins, the Troy mother charged with murder, allegedly told authorities that one of her autistic children might have caused the infant’s death, but she was ‘so drunk’ she couldn’t remember.