Doug Harlow

Morning Sentinel

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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Published
March 1, 2019

Maine education department urges schools to ‘refrain’ from using Native American mascots

The notice by the Maine Department of Education comes a week before the school board for Skowhegan-based SAD 54 is set to deliberate further over their schools’ “Indians” nickname.
Published
February 28, 2019

Skowhegan area school board charts course for ‘Indians’ debate

The Skowhegan area school board Thursday night set March 7 as date for discussion among members and possible action on the nickname some see as racist.
Published
February 27, 2019

New Skowhegan panel to study location for additional bridge over Kennebec River

A decade after dissolving the original committee, town officials will meet again with the state Department of Transportation to study the feasibility of another bridge.
Published
February 27, 2019

Fairfield woman escapes injury when vehicle rolls into snowbank in Athens

Tonja Dodge, 35, lost control of her car after swerving to avoid a deer on Route 150, heavily damaging her car, the sheriff said.
Published
February 26, 2019

Skowhegan creamery wins tax deal as part of move to Grist Mill

Selectmen agree to $47,000 from the downtown TIF district for local cheese maker and $7,500 to Maine Grain Alliance at the grist mill for a “worldwide” Community Oven Bake Day in October.
Published
February 25, 2019

Skowhegan students ponder: Which chickadee – boreal or black cap – is the real Maine state bird?

State Rep. Betty Austin, with help from Skowhegan fourth-graders, will bring the question as to which breed of chickadee should be the state bird to a legislative committee on Wednesday.
Published
February 24, 2019

Athens Corner Store sold to New York group

The Jewell family sells the store after more than 20 years on the Athens downtown corner
Published
February 22, 2019

Harmony woman who lost her fiancé in fatal crash seeks missing dog

Tootie, a Pekingese and a poodle mix, remains missing from the crash site off U.S. Route 201 in Bingham, where Brenda Cote’s fiancé, Michael Handy, was killed in a head-on crash.
Published
February 21, 2019

In central Maine, lots of snowstorms bring overtime, extra plow trips

Above-average snowfall and 26 snow-plowing events so far this year in Skowhegan have led to the challenge of where to dump it all once it’s picked up, officials said.
Published
February 20, 2019

Former Fairfield man appealing conviction of murdering wife to Maine high court

Luc Tieman, found guilty last year of murdering his wife, Valerie Tieman, in 2016, is appealing the conviction to Maine Supreme Judicial Court on the basis of evidence allowed at trial.