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
September 26, 2018

Sappi mill in Skowhegan announces new paper machine technology amid $200 million investment

The Skowhegan paper mill is diversifying its capacity and expanding into paper-based packaging, officials said.
Published
September 26, 2018

Oakland man killed Tuesday night in Smithfield crash

Police said James Vintinner, 60, died at the scene on East Pond Road.
Published
September 25, 2018

Athens voters approve food-sovereignty rules at town meeting

The town also approved a proposal to make the road commissioner’s job an appointive position rather than an elective one, as it has been.
Published
September 24, 2018

Lutherans to celebrate 50 years in Waterville church

Concordia College Choir from New York to perform on Saturday as part of church members’ celebration that was delayed one year due to the 500-year observance of the start of the Reformation.
Published
September 21, 2018

Athens special town meeting to decide water issue, food sovereignty

Residents will vote on whether the Athens Corner Store can put a well on town property, a food sovereignty ordinance proposed by farmer and teacher Kassie Dwyer, and whether to appoint or elect the road commissioner.
Published
September 20, 2018

Treasure trove of newspapers returned to Skowhegan

The bundles of print, some dating back to the 1800s, were found in the attic of the Advertiser Democrat in Norway, their day-by-day tales a history of central Maine waiting for ambitious curators.
Published
September 20, 2018

Five arrested in drug raid on North Road residence in Detroit

Tabatha Lombard and Lucas Judkins among five, including two New Yorkers, taken into custody in search that turned up crack cocaine, heroin, Oxycodone and over $7,400 cash.
Published
September 19, 2018

Bangor-Brewer semi-pro football team makes its home in Athens

Rec Department Director Cory Bussell says the move will benefit the town and may inspire local kids to take up the sport.
Published
September 18, 2018

Madison man’s SUV strikes pedestrian, guardrail on Madison-Anson bridge

Stanley Walker, 80, apparently suffered a medical problem and was airlifted to a Bangor hospital; the pedestrian was treated at Redington-Fairview Hospital in Skowhegan and released.
Published
September 17, 2018

‘Recovery is possible’ theme of substance abuse rally in Skowhegan

Speakers at Recovery & Opioid Addiction Resource event talked about their own journeys through drug addiction and recovery, stressing that help is out there for those who need it.