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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PublishedApril 29, 2019
Waterville man charged with assault, terrorizing, endangering welfare of a child
Shain Allen Sargent, 47, allegedly attacked a couple in Madison, then scuffled with medical staff and county deputies.
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PublishedApril 25, 2019
Moment of silence, food drive mark one year after shooting of Cpl. Eugene Cole in Norridgewock
“Cpl. Cole was an inspiration to many and will never be forgotten,” a dispatcher said over the radio Thursday afternoon.
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PublishedApril 23, 2019
Attorneys questioned on second day of Jay Mercier murder appeal in Skowhegan
Mercier was sentenced to 70 years for the murder of Rita St. Peter on July 5, 1980, and has since lost two appeals, one in 2014 and the other in 2016.
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PublishedApril 22, 2019
Jay Mercier, convicted in 2012 in one of Maine’s oldest cold case homicides, back in court
Mercier is mounting a third appeal of his conviction for the murder of Rita St. Peter on July 5, 1980, in Anson.
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PublishedApril 15, 2019
Oakland man charged with 15 sex crimes against a child indicted by Somerset County grand jury
Raymond A. Brickett, 65, was arrested in January on seven counts of gross sexual assault and eight counts of unlawful sexual contact, all felonies.
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PublishedApril 15, 2019
Donny Christen returns to Skowhegan courthouse steps for marijuana legalization, where it all began in 1991
Christen, of Starks, said the reason for the protest was to “free the people” from the new “Reefer Madness,” referring to the 1936 cult film about the horrors of marijuana use.
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PublishedApril 2, 2019
Employee-owned Cianbro Corp. of Pittsfield announces purchase of Connecticut company
A/Z Corp., a Connecticut-based engineering-construction firm providing diverse industry services including design, construction, maintenance and energy management, with a focus on technology-oriented markets, has joined Cianbro.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2019
Farmington, hometown of Gov. Janet Mills, votes to oppose CMP project she supports
Voters heard from Mills on why she supports the controversial Central Maine Power transmission line, but residents at town meeting voted 262-102 to oppose the New England Clean Energy Connect project.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2019
Skowhegan woman arrested after allegedly punching man in face, shooting a BB gun at him
Police Chief David Bucknam said Mary Johnson, 35, also “became enraged” and kicked the door of a police car en route to the county jail on Monday.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2019
Sap running in most places, but slowly for Maine Maple Sunday
It’s been cold and the snow is still deep in the woods, but maple syrup producers have their fingers crossed that the sap will be flowing by the weekend.