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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PublishedNovember 7, 2018
CMP power line opponents plead case to Somerset County commissioners
Commissioners expect to hear from advocates for the 145-mile transmission line at their December meeting.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2018
Starks passes moratorium on development of marijuana facilities
The ordinance will allow the town time to consider allowing and regulating medical marijuana retail stores, dispensaries, testing and manufacturing facilities.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2018
Proposed Skowhegan public safety building for police, fire falls short
The final tally was 1,893 votes against and 1,322 in favor of a referendum question about authorizing the Board of Selectmen to borrow $8.5 million for a combined building.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2018
Second plan for Skowhegan bridge over Kennebec River back on the table
The proposed span would connect U.S. Routes 201 and 2 over the Kennebec River to ease traffic congestion downtown, officials said.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2018
Somerset County to get first register of deeds since 2014
Laura Price has served in that capacity as deputy register ever since Diane Godin, the elected register, walked off the job in December 2014.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2018
Skowhegan voters to decide on $8.5 million bond for new public safety building
The proposed building to house the fire and police departments has been proposed for more than 11 acres on Dunlop Lane, a location that has drawn mixed reactions.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2018
Children’s Center head has yet to hear from state on gun appeal
Jeffrey Johnson, the director of Children’s Center in Skowhegan, Augusta, Gardiner and Farmington, seeks a waiver to carry a gun to protect the nonverbal, disabled children his facilities care for.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2018
Five arrested in Detroit drug raid indicted on charges
Trafficking, possession and conspiracy are among the charges levied against two Detroit residents, two people from Bronx, New York, and one from Plymouth.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2018
Tractor-trailer crash knocks out power in downtown Athens
The trailer’s tires caught the soft shoulder on Route 150, and the truck rolled over onto its side, damaging CMP utility poles.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2018
Former Skowhegan Planning Board member pleads guilty to child porn charges
Christopher Kruse, 50, entered pleas in U.S. District Court in Bangor and faces a minimum of five years in prison.
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