Opponents of the move said the town should cash in on a budding new industry and be a pioneer in Maine.
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 charged in November 2015 fatal crash is arrested again, then released
Police said Jonathan Cayford, 24, along with his mother, Jill Cayford, 42, of Anson, were arrested after a county deputy attempted to serve a protection order against Jonathan Cayford and Jill Cayford allegedly pushed a sheriff’s deputy during the incident.
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Madison residents to vote on six-month moratorium on retail marijuana, social clubs
The special town meeting on the marijuana question is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday in the Madison Junior High School auditorium.
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Skowhegan fire victims report theft of online donations meant to help them
Danette Dalton, Michael Smith and their three children lost their home and their dog in a Nov. 2 fire, and now they say someone opened a GoFundMe account to help them but then kept the money.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Kennebec Montessori School in Fairfield to receive low-interest USDA loan for new construction
The school will receive a $700,000 loan to build expanded classroom space as enrollment grows.
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Skowhegan crash sends one person to hospital with broken bones
A 27-year-old man who was hit by a car Wednesday night as he walked along the side of U.S. Route 2 suffered a broken collar bone and a broken ankle.
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Somerset County fire department among ideas new commissioners eyeing
Cyprien Johnson, a former selectman in Skowhegan and Madison, and Robert Sezak, a former Fairfield town councilor, round out the new five-member panel.
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Federal court denies appeal of man in 2011 armed robbery for drugs in Bingham
James Stile was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the sawed-off shotgun robbery of E.W. Moore and Sons Pharmacy during string of pharmacy robberies.
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Former Somerset County DA clerk begins prison term for embezzlement
Reporting date for Julie Smith, who pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $90,000 in May, was delayed five months due to health problems.
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New owner has high hopes for redeveloping closed Madison Paper mill
Owners New Mill Capital of New York want to find an industrial partner like they did with the closed Hostess Bakery last year in Biddeford to put a part of the shuttered mill property back into use.