The Board of Selectmen is endorsing a ‘yes’ vote on a six-month moratorium.
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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Skowhegan fire victims say fundraising page pillaged
The couple, who lost their home in the Nov. 2 fire, say neighbors who started the GoFundMe campaign took the $275 that was in the account.
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Skowhegan crash sends one person to hospital with broken bones
A 27-year-old man who was hit by a car Wednesday night as he walked along the side of U.S. Route 2 suffered a broken collar bone and a broken ankle.
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Former Somerset County DA clerk begins serving prison sentence for embezzlement
Julie Smith’s 16-month sentence was delayed because of health problems.
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Buyer of closed Madison paper mill envisions success with new use
New Mill Capital Holdings hopes to imitate the success it had with the purchase of a former Biddeford bakery, which is now a FedEx distribution center.
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Starks man charged with trafficking drug called ‘shatter’
Marshall Smith, 27, allegedly had 124 grams of the highly potent marijuana derivative during a police traffic stop in Alfred.
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Buyer plans new uses for closed paper mill in Madison
Madison Paper Industries closed in May, putting more than 200 people out of work, but a new ownership group hopes to put the property back into industrial use.
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Suspects still sought in laundromat break-in
Thieves in the Christmas Eve incident broke through a wall and stole a safe and coin machine.
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Oakland council votes to ban marijuana stores, social clubs
It may be Maine’s first ‘dry’ marijuana town, but others have passed moratoriums on such establishments while they consider zoning and other regulations.
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Sold: 1840s Skowhegan mansion auctioned for $130,000
The former residence of attorney Dale Thistle will be restored by new owners Rick and Laurie Pease.