The requested property tax break would have cost the town $2.3 million in revenue.
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.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Ten arrested after drug raids in central Maine
Cocaine and oxycodone are seized in the sweep that included several communities in Somerset and Penobscot counties.
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Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, News
Retired racehorse groomed for life in the slow lane
Once the winningest standardbred in Maine history, Postcard Jack, 25, will take it easy in the homestretch.
Posted inLocal & State
Skowhegan to hold forum on use of Indian mascot
Representatives of several tribes have said they regard the high school’s use as offensive.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Central Maine school committee told ‘Indian mascots are wrong’
Tribal representatives present a case against Skowhegan schools keeping their Indian mascot.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Indians hope to explain why mascot is ‘offensive’
Members of Maine’s four tribes will speak during a meeting of Skowhegan school officials Monday.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Skowhegan assessors delay Sappi tax bill vote
At issue is the fair market value of the paper mill as Sappi seeks to reduce the valuation by more than $137 million.
Posted inLocal & State
Skowhegan faces $2.2 million assessment question
The Board of Assessors will sleep on a bid by Sappi Paper to cut the valuation of the mill by another $137 million.
Posted inBusiness, News, Source
Unity-based organic farmers group joins suit against FDA
MOFGA and other advocates say a policy change violated rule-making procedures.
Posted inLocal & State
Former Skowhegan fire chief gets time to ponder NH plea
Richard Fowler is charged with allegedly stealing money from the Farmington, NH, fire department, where he was chief before a brief stint in Skowhegan last year.