With a jury selected for the trial of Luc Tieman, attorney Stephen Smith argues to include an alternative suspect theory.
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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Driver hospitalized, summoned after pickup truck plunges into river in Skowhegan
William Sweet, who may be homeless and living in the truck, was summoned for operating under the influence and without a license.
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Jury selection for murder trial of Luc Tieman underway in Somerset County court
Tieman, of Fairfield, charged in the death of his wife, Valerie, sat in a judge’s chambers as prospective jurors were interviewed by the judge and defense and prosecuting attorneys.
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Trial to begin for Fairfield man accused of killing, burying his wife, then reporting her missing
Authorities say Luc Tieman shot Valerie Tieman in the head and neck and buried her body in a shallow grave behind his parents’ house.
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Jury selection to start today in Fairfield man’s murder trial in connection with 2016 slaying
Luc Tieman, 34, charged in the death of his wife Valerie, whose body was found in a shallow trench behind Tieman’s parents’ home with two bullet wounds on the head and neck.
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Shuttered Madison mill may benefit from federal economic development grants, officials say
The U.S. Department of Commerce funding totaling $130,000 is intended to assist in finding new possibilities for the shuttered Madison Paper mill and other Somerset County projects.
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Canaan couple charged with burglary, assault after allegedly taking child
Police say Emily Hartley and Justin Baker kicked in a door and took another couple’s 4-year-old boy over suspicions something bad had happened to the child.
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Last gavel comes down at James Julia Auctions after 50 years and $700 million in sales
From the rifle that first shot Bonnie and Clyde to artifacts from Custer’s Last Stand, the auction house has opened a window onto history for generations.
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Madison farmer whose cow was shot will reopen trail on his property
The killer of the pregnant cow near a snowmobile trail in February still has not been identified.
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Two people taken to Bangor hospital after crash on U.S. Route 2 in Canaan
Police closed U.S. Route 2 from Pittsfield to Canaan for about three hours, reopening it about 11:10 a.m.