SAD 54 residents who support Skowhegan Indian Pride are pushing back against the board’s vote to retire the nickname used for Showhegan schools, calling for a moratorium on carrying out that decision.
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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Spending increases expected across the board Saturday at Canaan annual Town Meeting
A school board incumbent might have a write-in challenger Saturday at Town Meeting, which starts at 9 a.m. at Canaan Elementary School; elections are Monday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Town Hall.
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Somerset County Jail to take in out-of-county inmates in agreement with Waldo County
The East Madison lock-up will house prisoners from Waldo County for an annual compensation of $830,375.
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Moscow voters approve $436,422 for the year at Monday’s annual Town Meeting
Spending is up about $20,000 over last year because of increases in the cost of the local ambulance service.
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Sap running in most places, but slowly for Maine Maple Sunday
It’s been cold and the snow is still deep in the woods, but maple syrup producers have their fingers crossed that the sap will be flowing by the weekend.
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Fairfield man charged in Tuesday morning drug raid on his home
A search conducted at the home of Christopher M. Chrysler, 32, turned up heroin, digital scales, drug packing material, drug related documentation and drug-related paraphernalia
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Fairfield student musician overcomes health adversity, named tops in the Northeast
Trumpet player Nathanael Batson, who suffers from a rare disorder that’s caused him to go blind, has won the National High School Heart of the Arts Award for New England, New York and New Jersey.
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SAD 54 superintendent projects 2019-20 budget to be up about 3 percent over current year
SAD 54 received about $19.8 million in state aid in this fiscal year, which ends June 30, and is expected to receive $20.7 million in the coming year if the budget passes next month.
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Pickup truck driver eludes Somerset County police after brief high-speed chase
Sheriff Dale Lancaster said speeds reached 85 mph before the chase was called off Tuesday night.
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St. Albans man charged in reported sexual assault of a child
A woman reported her preadolescent child had been sexually assaulted by a family member.