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
October 25, 2018

New York man arrested in Newport charged with forgery, fraud

Mark Pignatello is involved in a multi-state crime ring that covers Maine and five other Northeastern states, according to the Newport police chief.
Published
October 23, 2018

Skowhegan selectmen OK bid solicitation for US Route 2 widening

The project is intended to reduce traffic congestion at the entrance to the town’s Community Center and recreation fields.
Published
October 23, 2018

High-speed chase ends in two-vehicle accident in Skowhegan

Paul C. Mills, the driver of the Chevrolet Corvette being pursued by police, was led away in handcuffs with bandages wrapped around his head after having been observed shortly after noon on the ground on Island Avenue.
Published
October 22, 2018

Somerset jail corrections officer charged with assault out on bail

Jeremy A.E. Carr was arrested on a charge of domestic violence assault after allegedly putting his girlfriend in a chokehold after she found another woman in his bed.
Published
October 22, 2018

Crime spree tracked from Vermont to three central Maine counties

Reports of high speed chases, car burglaries and auto thefts have been taken from Franklin, Somerset and Penobscot counties.
Published
October 19, 2018

Skowhegan residents to help boy who survived mother’s I-95 suicide

Dylan Perkins, Kaitlyn Luce and Zack Ziglar have organized a donation cruise for Sunday to aid Enoch, 2, and his family with cash, gift cards and possible a scholarship fund.
Published
October 19, 2018

Skowhegan officer earns woman’s thanks for helping her when she was lost

Carol Laughlin became lost while driving from upstate New York to Machias to visit a friend, but central Maine residents helped her; and she gave special credit to Officer Alex Burns.
Published
October 18, 2018

Athens family marks end of a generation with death of Freda Rowell

Earland and Freda Rowell ran Rowell’s General Store with the good of the community they served from the 1950s in mind.
Published
October 17, 2018

Fire marshal’s investigators called to North Anson to determine home fire’s cause

The American Red Cross is working with a mother and her adult son, who lived in the dwelling at 12 Madison St.
Published
October 16, 2018

Skowhegan residents voice opinions on proposed public safety building

Debates that started five years ago over the location on Dunlop Lane and the cost — $8.5 million — continued Tuesday as the referendum on the bond package approaches.