The monument to Trooper Thomas Merry on Route 2 in Palmyra has been hard to see for years.
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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Bill to honor slain deputy passed by House and Senate
Lawmakers approve the measure to rename a bridge in Norridgewock after Cpl. Eugene Cole.
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Photos: Cyclists enjoy splendid weather on leg 2 of Trek Across Maine
More than 1,200 bicyclists and 600 volunteers are participating in this year’s three-day, 180-mile cycling event from Sunday River to Belfast.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics, Schools and Education
Skowhegan, last Maine school to use Native American imagery, has no apparent plan for change
This week’s vote by the Wells-Ogunquit school board to change the Wells Warriors’ mascot leaves the Skowhegan Area High School Indians alone.
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Three firefighters injured fighting smoky fire at Norridgewock landfill
Spontaneous combustion in a small area ignited a fire on more than 2 acres that was aggravated when the wind came up.
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Norridgewock landfill fire sends black smoke billowing for miles
The blaze was reported Tuesday afternoon at the Waste Management Crossroads Landfill off Mercer Road in Norridgewock.
Posted inLocal & State, Outdoors
Skowhegan aims for moose-calling Guinness world record
Maine Moose Festival and permit lottery begins Friday for three days at the State Fairgrounds.
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State police investigators resume search for missing Skowhegan woman
Major Crimes Unit at property on Route 150 in Skowhegan, the last known sighting of Tina Stadig, missing for more than a year.
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Tractor-trailer carrying lumber rolls over on Interstate 95 in Sidney
The accident temporarily closed one lane of southbound traffic near mile marker 115.
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Man who held hostages at Jay mill in 2012 dies while pinned under farm equipment
Francis Smith was found pinned under a manure spreader at his home on Ward Hill Road.