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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PublishedJanuary 3, 2019
North Anson man dies after fire engulfs home overnight
The body of the man, Bill Bloom, who was in his 60s, was recovered from the home by investigators from the Office of State Fire Marshal.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2019
Somerset County commissioners OK tracking devices for sheriff’s vehicles
In the Cpl. Eugene Cole shooting, it took four hours to find his truck, and the sheriff’s office wanted to make sure the whereabouts of all its vehicles is known to dispatchers at any given time.
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2019
Baby girl first to be born in central Maine in 2019
Rumford family welcomes daughter at 3:40 a.m. New Year’s Day at Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington.
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2019
Eaton Mountain in Skowhegan open for righteous snowtubing
Ski trails with rope tows expected to open this weekend as new manager takes reins to run the resort throughout the year, including plans for summer concerts.
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PublishedDecember 28, 2018
Somerset police continue probe of Hartland robbery linked to social media
At least four detectives are investigating the case in which men with handguns apparently lay in wait for an unsuspecting online shopper, officials said.
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PublishedDecember 28, 2018
Hearing set in slaying of cop in Norridgewock
A lawyer for John D. Williams, charged in connection with the shooting death of a Somerset County sheriff’s deputy, seeks to have Williams’ post-arrest statements to police suppressed, claiming he was beaten and in withdrawal from drug use.
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PublishedDecember 26, 2018
Skowhegan Board of Selectmen appoint Sgt. Brian Gardiner as new deputy police chief
Current deputy police chief Joel Cummings named new patrol sergeant.
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PublishedDecember 26, 2018
After Norridgewock fire destroys home, a Christmas note to ‘keep hoping for the best’
Pandora Parlin received an inspirational note from Santa after a fire destroyed the family home Christmas Eve.
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PublishedDecember 25, 2018
Mother of missing Skowhegan woman gets ready to spend holiday without her
Tina Stadig was reported last seen by a case worker at the Bangor Area Homeless Shelter in July 2017.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2018
Fire in Norridgewock garage leaves family of four homeless
Home owner lost two generations of tools and a pickup, but his grandson’s family lost all their belongings as well as the apartment they lived in.
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