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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PublishedFebruary 26, 2015
Police investigating cause, sequence of events in I-95 pileup
Six people who were hurt in Wednesday’s pileup spent a night in the hospital as police continued to interview those involved in the 75-vehicle crash.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2015
‘Everything was just crashing and crashing and crashing’ as 75-car pileup injures 17 on Maine interstate
The accident on snowy I-95 west of Bangor leaves a ‘giant pile of metal’ in the road and authorities shocked that no one was killed.
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2015
Skowhegan select board defers to school board on use of Indian name
The two board members present at Tuesday’s meeting said use of the name was a school issue while residents argued the Indian represents spirit and is not a mascot.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2015
Smoky fire closes Vassalboro school
A tractor fire pours smoke, soot and a foul odor into much of Vassalboro Community School.
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2015
Skowhegan woman faces November sentencing in murder conspiracy
Michele Corson, a former Madison Avenue merchant, admitted her role in the murder of her brother’s ex-wife and is expected to be a government witness at the alleged killer’s trial.
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2015
Skowhegan cancels meeting over mascot, disappointing tribe
The superintendent says residents don’t want the school board to make a decision on the Indian image without input.
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2015
Skowhegan school postpones meeting about Indian mascot
Officials say media-generated interest has created the need for more public input.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2015
County officials laud bill that would restore local jail control
They predict a 5 percent tax increase for Somerset County towns if jail consolidation continues.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2015
Fairfield police use ‘touch DNA’ to track burglar
Detectives are using a method that can help profile a suspect based only on a few cells left behind by the touch of a hand.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2015
Closures to leave gap on Main Street in Waterville
Twenty workers, many with disabilities, will lose their jobs when the landmark Ken-A-Set thrift store and a workshop shut their doors.
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