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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PublishedMarch 7, 2019
Skowhegan-based school board votes 14-9 to retire ‘Indians’ sports nickname
Board met with their attorney, then discussed future of the name and what it means to Native Americans who say the name is racist.
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PublishedMarch 7, 2019
Somerset County sheriff’s official locates dog killed in crash last month
Chief Deputy James Ross goes beyond the call of duty, getting Madison firefighters to cut into wreckage to retrieve the dog.
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PublishedMarch 7, 2019
Somerset Sheriff’s Office identifies man found dead in Palmyra motel on Wednesday
Richard Langlais, formerly of Cheshire, Connecticut, was found dead Wednesday in a room at Lovley’s Motel in Palmyra.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2019
Skowhegan students ponder: Which chickadee – boreal or black cap – is the real Maine state bird?
State Rep. Betty Austin, with help from Skowhegan fourth-graders, will bring the question as to which breed of chickadee should be the state bird to a legislative committee on Wednesday.
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2019
Harmony woman who lost her fiancé in fatal crash seeks missing dog
Tootie, a Pekingese and a poodle mix, remains missing from the crash site off U.S. Route 201 in Bingham, where Brenda Cote’s fiancé, Michael Handy, was killed in a head-on crash.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2019
Former Fairfield man appealing conviction of murdering wife to Maine high court
Luc Tieman, found guilty last year of murdering his wife, Valerie Tieman, in 2016, is appealing the conviction to Maine Supreme Judicial Court on the basis of evidence allowed at trial.
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2019
Harmony man killed in Monday night crash on U.S. Route 201 in Bingham
Michael Handy was pronounced dead at the scene of the two-vehicle head-on crash.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2019
Skowhegan’s moose calling contest set world record
With 1,054 people belting out their best call, last year’s Skowhegan festival set a new Guinness World Record mark.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2019
Four people hospitalized in Monday morning crash in Skowhegan
A tractor-trailer and pickup truck collide on Madison Avenue just after midnight.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2019
Amish-cut ice from Palmyra being used for Somerset SnowFest Ice Bar in Skowhegan
One-hundred-pound blocks of ice, cut by hand from a pond by an Amish farmer, set the stage for weekend festivities.