The tribal ambassador hand-delivered the appeal to the SAD 54 board on Nov. 1.
Doug Harlow
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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Maine DEP tells CMP its application for 145-mile power line is incomplete
The department says it cannot begin evaluating the $1 billion proposal until the company provides all of the mandatory information.
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Second bridge over Kennebec once again on the table in Skowhegan
Similar to the past, the discussion is about where to locate the span, not whether it’s needed to reduce traffic on the Margaret Chase Smith Bridge.
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Children’s Center director: State hasn’t responded to his request to carry a gun at the centers
Jeffrey Johnson is pursuing a waiver so he can be armed at preschools where he says some kids cannot understand instructions and would be difficult to protect from an intruder.
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Former Skowhegan Planning Board member pleads guilty to child porn charges
Christopher Kruse, 50, entered pleas in U.S. District Court in Bangor and faces a minimum of five years in prison.
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Newport police charge New York man with forgery and fraud
Mark Pignatello was arrested at a bank where he was attempting to cash a fraudulent $3,000 check, police say.
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Somerset jail corrections officer charged with assault out on bail
Jeremy A.E. Carr was arrested on a charge of domestic violence assault after allegedly putting his girlfriend in a chokehold after she found another woman in his bed.
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Crime spree tracked from Vermont to three central Maine counties
Reports of high speed chases, car burglaries and auto thefts have been taken from Franklin, Somerset and Penobscot counties.
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Skowhegan residents to help boy who survived mother’s I-95 suicide
They have organized a toy run and donation cruise Sunday to aid the boy and his family with cash, gift cards and possibly a scholarship fund.
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‘Good folks’ of Skowhegan earn woman’s thanks for helping her when she was lost
Carol Laughlin became lost while driving from upstate New York to Machias to visit a friend.