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Ben Pinette
The Way It Was in Skowhegan: Week of March 18-25
Showcasing what happened in the Skowhegan-area on this date for the week of March 18-25
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March 13, 1976: Fairfield woman gets rare ’29’ hand in cribbage game, former Waterville man promoted at life insurance company in Vermont, and this 12-year-old is ‘all smiles’ after winning the Waterville Junior High School spelling bee yesterday
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March 12, 2001: Land board ponders plan to save Lakeside Orchards in Manchester, new study tries to improve Maine teacher’s pay, and meet state’s ‘creme de la creme’ for schol foreign-languages in Augusta
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March 11, 1989: Thanks to $1,500 in donations, this Fairfield lass will go to Dublin, Ireland to partake in St. Patrick’s Day festivities, Oakland’s new budget hits $1.7 million, and Flo’s famous hot dog sauce is brewing up a storm on the coast of Maine
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March 10, 2005: 95-year-old Augusta resident reflects on ‘many bad winters’ in Maine, National Guard honors Maine soldier in memorial service at Augusta Civic Center, and Chelsea & Jefferson schools are ‘on the bubble’ for more state funds
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March 9, 1985: 110 new streetlights may be coming to Farmington’s downtown, two 18-year-old girls arrested after police say they fired pellets from guns and hit one youngster, and its Town Meeting season in our coverage area
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March 8, 1996: Customers in Maine may find it hard to bite into a Girl Scout Samoa cookie this year, bus driver suspended after allegedly beating man at Turnpike Mall in Augusta, and Gardiner’s history will be published in pictures
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