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.
-
PublishedJune 1, 2012
Soldier’s widow: Husband ‘was amazing person’
Emily Brainard says she is proud of the job the ‘love of her life’ did while serving in Afghanistan.
-
PublishedMay 30, 2012
Lost pilot ‘shined’ as student, athlete, soldier
Capt. John “Jay” Brainard, who died in Afghanistan on Monday, was an honor student and sportsman who was drawn to serve in the military.
-
PublishedMay 28, 2012
Violence victims inspire friend’s fundraising
HARMONY – The woman who succeeded in having two bridges renamed to honor domestic violence victims now wants to add memorial gardens at the bridges and to plant perennial flowers by the roadside — all the way to Dexter. Sandra Mitchell said she was a friend of Amy Bagley Lake of Harmony, who with her […]
-
PublishedMay 25, 2012
Judge to allow claims of abuse in Licata murder trial
SKOWHEGAN — Claims by Angelo Licata that prior physical or sexual abuse by his father led him to kill the older man last summer will be allowed as evidence at his murder trial next month, a judge said Thursday.
-
PublishedMay 25, 2012
Son says past sex abuse led to killing of father
The murder trial of Angelo Licata, 33, in the death of Alfred Licata, 63, will be held next month.
-
PublishedMay 23, 2012
More pertussis in Skowhegan area
SKOWHEGAN — Two more cases of whooping cough have been confirmed among children in Skowhegan area schools and a possible new case is being investigated in another part of Somerset County, the state epidemiologist said Tuesday.
-
PublishedMay 17, 2012
Somerset jail stops housing other counties’ inmates
The Somerset County Jail stops accepting inmates from other counties because of an ongoing battle with state officials about the cost to house them.
-
PublishedMay 11, 2012
Whooping cough found in Skowhegan schools
SKOWHEGAN — There are three confirmed cases of whooping cough in Skowhegan schools, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
-
PublishedMay 9, 2012
‘Floating Beast’ wins UMaine’s wind technology contest
A Madison High School team’s innovative idea for a floating offshore wind-turbine platform takes the top award in the Windstorm Challenge 2012.
-
PublishedApril 23, 2012
Skowhegan eyesores gone; what takes their place?
Downtown’s notorious “eyesore” buildings at the corner of Commercial Street and Madison Avenue are gone now.
- ← Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 85
- 86
- 87
- 88
- 89
- …
- 95
- Next Page →