Miranda Hopkins, 32, remains at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset awaiting a bail hearing in February, and her lawyers say their client has an ‘exceptional case’ to be released on bail.
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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Madison man arrested on heroin charges after drug raid
Randell Woods, 31, faces felony drug charges after a police search Thursday morning of his Russell Road home.
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Maine Farmers’ Market Convention lines up speakers
The list for the Jan. 29 event in Fairfield includes Grassland Organic Farm owner Sarah Smith.
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Somerset County Jail becomes first Maine county jail to do full body scan of inmates
The jail is using a low-power X-ray machine to scan for signs prison contraband hidden by inmates.
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Waterville brothers plead guilty to arson fire as revenge for marijuana theft
Alexis and Zachary Casey each will serve 16 months in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to setting fire to a car in Madison in retaliation for the theft of marijuana plants.
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Charged with son’s murder, Troy woman waffles on details
Miranda Hopkins says her autistic son may have killed her infant, but later admits she was too drunk to remember events.
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Madison woman at 100 offers advice for longevity: Mind your own business
About 30 family members and friends gather with cake and flowers at the Maple Crest Living Center.
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Bingham thrift store, food pantry to open Thursday
The thrift store will open first, followed by the food cupboard in a couple of weeks.
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Maine woman faces murder charge; autopsy performed on infant son
Miranda Hopkins of Troy will appear in court Tuesday to face charges that she killed her 7-week-old son.
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Norridgewock man facing animal cruelty charges allegedly contacts family victim
Vance Cayford Jr. was indicted Thursday by a Somerset County grand jury on 10 counts of prohibited contact with an earlier victim, and he also faces federal gun charges.