Marshall Smith, 27, allegedly had 124 grams of the highly potent material called “shatter” during a police traffic stop.
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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Closed Madison mill sold to ‘joint venture’ of companies
The mill, which closed in May, putting more than 200 people out of work, has been sold to a “joint venture” of firms that hope to put the property back into use as an industrial site.
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Anson man charged with break-in, theft at Anson Town Office
Peter Mcanistan, 38, faces felony charges alleging he broke into the office Dec. 19 and stole $3,100 in cash, which was caught on a newly installed video surveillance system.
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Madison laundromat broken into on Christmas Eve; change machine ripped from wall
Elm House Laundromat on Main Street remains closed as police investigate and appeal to the public for information.
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Augusta-Waterville area may see 5-8 inches of snow today, but rain could creep farther inland
The National Weather Service says the rain-snow line for today’s nor’easter is expected to creep farther inland than initially predicted, though a foot or more of snow is still predicted in Somerset, Franklin counties.
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Oakland Town Council votes to ban marijuana retail sales and social clubs
The unanimous vote, which might be the first of its kind in Maine, doesn’t affect medical marijuana or legal possession and cultivation under state law
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Veteran police officer Kelly Hooper leaving Maine for a corrections job in Montana
Hooper worked more than 25 years as a law enforcement officer in Fairfield, Skowhegan and with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.
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Local couple brings top bid for historic mansion in Skowhegan
Rick and Laurie Pease want to restore 1840s Greek Revival back to its original glory.
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Maine Grain Alliance in Skowhegan gets $50,000 grant
The grant is one of four awards from the Maine Technology Institute’s Cluster Initiative Program
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Historic Skowhegan mansion on public auction block after bank foreclosure
The 13-room Greek Revival home, built in the 1840s, was home to attorney Dale Thistle, who suffered brain injury in a 2011 automobile accident and was forced to surrender his license to practice law.