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 12, 2015
Waterville’s Ken-A-Set thrift shop to close
The downtown store will move to Pittsfield, displacing 20 employees, many of whom have developmental disabilities.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2015
Bangor NAACP urges Skowhegan schools to drop Indian mascot, nickname
Tribal leaders say they’re ready to meet with Skowhegan school officials to explain why they should change the school’s mascot.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2015
Coal makes comeback as heat source
Proponents say it’s easier to use than wood and it burns hot without leaving creosote deposits.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2015
Somerset registrar skips work, escalating county dispute
Diane Godin did not show up to work Thursday after county officials slashed her hours to one day a month in response to complaints about her behavior.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2015
Office worker eyed in theft from Somerset County DA’s office
A former legal secretary is under investigation in the disappearance of money, which partly prompted a decision of the county courts to no longer accept cash for certain payments.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2015
Solon man gets 7 years in prison for sexually assaulting child
William Quattrocchi was charged in late December with sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2015
Maine human rights panel upholds findings of discrimination, retaliation
Dawn Zammuto claimed that her landlords tried to evict her after her daughter visited her home accompanied by a service dog, saying she violated a no-pets rule.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2015
Storm cuts short Special Olympics
Competitors at the Maine Winter Games will get in as many events as they can by Monday evening.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2015
Children’s Center opens satellite location, program in Skowhegan
The new center serves children with autism and other developmental delays and disabilities.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2015
Maine trooper responding to I-95 crash finds heroin, pot, cash
The trooper said the smell of marijuana led him to search one of the cars, its driver and passengers.
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