Question 1 on the Nov. 8 ballot passed in Maine, but Skowhegan residents voted 2,152-1,879 against it; and now local officials are eyeing an ordinance for marijuana social clubs and retails sales.
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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Cause probed by fire marshal’s office in Hartland blaze
A husband, wife and eight-month-old son were left homeless by the Saturday morning fire on Ford Hill Road.
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Demonstrators in Skowhegan say ‘Build bridges, not walls’ in weekly anti-war protest
Activists said Donald Trump supporters have harassed them, but they go to the Margaret Chase Smith Bridge every Sunday to witness for peace anyway.
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Somerset County filmmaker wins big at 2016 Maine Outdoor Film Festival
Joel Osgood, of New Portland, earns top awards for his film “1000 Feet and Below” about Maine’s vanishing small ski hills.
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Speed, alcohol may have contributed to crash Friday in Norridgewock
Nicholas Poirier, 33, of Skowhegan was taken by LifeFlight to a Lewiston hospital.
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Police probe racially charged messages left for former Penobscot chief in Solon
Barry Dana said he received a dozen vulgar messages Thursday insulting his Indian heritage, following a spate of similar racially charged incidents across the country after the presidential election.
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Veterans Day events in Waterville, Skowhegan feature speeches, memories
Veterans Memorial Park in Skowhegan was re-dedicated on its 10th anniversary, while Waterville held its parade through downtown.
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Waterville brothers plead not guilty to felony arson charges in Skowhegan court
Zachary and Alexis Casey could face a maximum of 30 years in prison and a $50,000 fine if they are convicted of burning a car in June in Madison as retaliation for a perceived marijuana theft.
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Rowden, Busque win in Fairfield Town Council race; charter revisions approved
Three candidates faced off Tuesday for two seats on the council, while changes in the charter were three decades in the making.
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Skowhegan votes not to change positions from elective to appointive
Also Tuesday, residents of the six towns of Skowhegan-based School Administrative District 54 approved a bond amounting to $1.6 million to replace and fix roofs on seven of eight district schools.