Ben Pinette

Showcasing what happened in the Skowhegan-area on this date for the week of April 1-8. Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.

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March 29, 2001: Waterville fire chief undergoes triple-bypass surgery in Portland, Somerset County officials seek grace period to respond to complaints about county jail, and two Farmington police officers return after spending week in war-ravaged Bosnia

March 28, 1997: Former janitor at Windsor Elementary School suing town’s school department saying she lost her job to younger man, a rabbid fox has been found dead in Pittston, and Mount Vernon to maintain a full-time principal at its elementary school

The Way It Was in Skowhegan: Week of April 1-8

March 27, 1978: $1,000 in damage and theft of several items from chicken house reported to Waterville police recently, rumors of Unity processing plant to close go unsupported, and Kennebec county teenagers are big spenders, nearly $13,000 worth last year alone

March 26, 1994: Augusta man laments loss of landmarks he surveyed, US labor department close to banning smoking at all workplaces, and it’s a little bit Russian in Richmond

March 25, 1985: Reports of the ‘infamous’ Colby College boa constrictor’s death ‘greatly exaggerated’, Troy residents reject 7 of 50 articles on town meeting warrant, and are safety questions haunting ATV enjoyment for folks in central Maine?

J.P. Devine Podcast: Resembling a long, black, wet, dead snake

March 24, 1996: House speaker Newt Gingrich’s sister lobbies for gay rights at Maple Hill Bed and Breakfast in Hallowell, and wheelchair tennis program in Augusta gaining in popularity among its members

How to see the solar eclipse in Maine

March 23, 2002: Former CMP chief to buy now-defunct MacDonald Footwear Inc. in Skowhegan, supplemental budget wins OK in State House, and a first-class stamp nationwide now at 37 cents