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“I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” A verse from the Bhagavad Gita, spoken by Oppenheimer while viewing the successful test of the first bomb. J. Robert Oppenheimer. A name forever burned in history and largely forgotten. Japanese cities like Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the two cities our bombers destroyed at the cost of great […]

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Jan. 20, 1998: 11 days later, last house in Skowhegan regains power after ‘great’ 1998 ice storm, Madison Shop ‘n Save workers treated following Feon gas leak, and Alfond youth center topic of discussion tonight in Waterville

The results are in: This was the best maple syrup made in Maine last year

Jan. 19, 1981: Randolph may turn off its 124 street lights to reduce town’s electricity costs, premature baby in Dover-Foxcroft got a special helicopter ride to hospital in Lewiston, and a roadside spring in Wayne continues to flow after nearby construction threatened it

Scholar discovers stories, poems possibly written by Louisa May Alcott

‘Oppenheimer,’ the Frankenstein’s monster that changed our world

Jan. 18, 2001: Cocaine use on the rise in Somerset County with recent drug busts in Skowhegan, Jackman, and Madison, tech company lays off 17 in Pittsfield, and Lawrence High School graduate to march in inaugural parade in Washington D.C.

Early Beatles tribute band Studio Two back for 2 shows in January

Jan. 17, 1987: Maine acts to block sale of Hallowell Shoe Co. in effort to safeguard severance pay for over 100 workers, some 72,000 cans of green beans recalled nationwide, and get ready for another snow storm tomorrow

Jan. 16, 1995: Union woman finds her niche in making her own hand cream, city of Hallowell announces municipal appointments, and local Salvation Army helps family in Chile

Jan. 15, 1985: Derailment of 80-car freight train on Waterville-Winslow bridge snarls traffic for miles for commuters, and PUC signs 5-week delay on Seabrook nuclear power plant