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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PublishedDecember 3, 2018
Social media post threatens to ‘shoot up’ Skowhegan Area High School
SAD 54 officials have said on their website that the threat is not credible but have taken measures to increase security, including assigning an additional police officer to the school.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2018
Multi-vehicle accident backs up traffic on Route 139 in Fairfield
The accident involving a tractor-trailer and three other vehicles occurred late Friday afternoon, but no fatalities were reported.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2018
Madison Christmas Celebration comes with crafts, cocoa, wagon rides
Fireworks, the Christmas parade and visits with Santa Claus top off the day.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2018
Sign up for phone calls from Santa at Skowhegan’s Holiday Stroll
The 26th annual Holiday Stroll delivers Santa Claus on Friday night and offers a menu of events through Saturday.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2018
Palmyra man gets 18 months jail for sexual assault on a child
Darren J. Potter must register as a sex offender and verify his whereabouts with law enforcement for 25 years.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2018
Skowhegan plans surveys, public hearing on police-fire building
The hearing is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Dec. 19 at the Municipal Building.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2018
Skowhegan police, firefighters to be outfitted with new gear
Selectmen have accepted a grant from Homeland Security that will be used to buy body armor vests, vest carriers and new portable radios.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2018
Skowhegan Selectmen make petitioning for funding easier
Social service agencies that petition for funding need only collect signatures amounting to 5 percent of the number of people who cast ballots in the recent gubernatorial election.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2018
Skowhegan cancels Tuesday municipal meetings
Discussion on proposed public safety building and selectmen’s meeting moved to Wednesday; Special Town Meeting will be Dec. 11.
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PublishedNovember 26, 2018
Man charged in beating 2-year-old in Skowhegan yet to make bail
Cody Alexander Swanson has been moved from Somerset County Jail to the Knox County Jail in Rockland and is due in court in January.
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