A fire official said Saturday there is significant damage to books, computers, ceilings and walls.
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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Skowhegan officials grapple with what to do about Moody Street
Street, with three houses on it, forgotten when the town took over the last of the private roads as municipal ways in 2010.
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Skowhegan woman indicted in safe theft case
Jaclyn Suezanne Rutherford, 28, was indicted on a charge of class B felony theft, among indictments from the Somerset County grand jury this week.
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Madison man indicted on manslaughter charge in fatal crash
Jonathan Cayford faces the charge in connection with a crash more than a year ago in which police said he was passing cars at 80 mph on a back country road in Starks.
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Madison selectmen to hold public hearing on possible retail marijuana moratorium
The town is seeking input Dec. 19 on a six-month hold on the establishment of marijuana stores or social clubs in town.
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Skowhegan fire that critically injured mother, son started in boy’s bedroom, investigator says
Andrea Curtis, 24, and her son, Tyler Curtis-Benson, remain hospitalized with severe burns following the fire on Friday at their North Avenue home.
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Poverty, literacy targets in Skowhegan Christmas gift program
The Sweet Dreams Project, organized by middle school teacher Deb Tanner, offers pajamas and good books to children in a school district where more than half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
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Solon man charged in snowmobile crash
Louis J. Roderick, 49, of McCarty Road, was taken to the hospital with a minor head cut and charged with operating to endanger.
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Cornville charter school wins state approval for pre-K, high school expansion
The Maine Charter Commission on Tuesday gave a green light to pre-kindergarten and high school programs, both to be located in Skowhegan, for the Cornville Regional Charter School.
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Skowhegan police officer on burning home rescue: ‘I had to get them out’
Tim Williams said he was just doing what any other first responder would have done saving the life of a mother and her young son in a fire Friday night.