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Ben Pinette
April 4, 1988: First Maine caribou of 1988 to be named after town of Canaan, committee in Fairfield to study use of $1.9 million ‘nest egg’, and 250 ‘youthful minds’ in China explained their inventions to audiences at a convention recently
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The Way It Was in Skowhegan: Week of April 8-15
Showcasing what happened in the Skowhegan-area on this date for the week of April 8-15. Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.
April 3, 1991: Is a cruise line coming to the Kennebec River as early as next month? Also, we meet a couple of students holding down jobs while still in high school
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April 2, 2004: No decision yet on merger of MaineGeneral Health’s Waterville and Augusta hospitals into one facility, possibly in Sidney, and 2 former executives at Maine Biological Laboratories plead guilty to trying to smuggle chicken virus into country from Saudi Arabia
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April 1, 1975: Waterville man fired from Augusta Mental Health Institute following his conviction of rape & sodomy, Maine Supreme Court allows forest excise tax, and Gov. James Longley appears to be winning the battle of the budget
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March 31, 1996: Hundreds pay respects to Maine elder statesmen Edmund Muskie in Arlington, Va., GOP & Democrats hoping issues won in Augusta help them in election, and Augusta & Waterville emergency rooms aren’t what you see on TV’s ‘ER’
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March 30, 1988: Former teller at Key Bank at Turnpike Mall in Augusta accused of stealing $10,000 from bank, discussions about Belgrade’s landfill to come, and striking International Paper workers protest exclusion from mill inspection in Augusta
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