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Dec. 22, 1998: Consultants suggest changing the rotaries and adding modern transit system in Augusta, EnvisioNet coming to Augusta and bringing hundreds of jobs, and it will be a brown Christmas for a lot of Mainers
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Dec. 21, 1987: Waterville, Lewiston, and Orono lost the most amount of people between 1980-86 according to new study, Franklin Memorial Hospital patients will need permission to smoke inside rooms, and Hinckley School asks help for fire victims
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Dec. 20, 1996: Ex-medics sue Winthrop saying town owes them money, longtime selectman from Jefferson is retiring after 34 years, and a cookbook ‘dedicated to all the children of Windsor’ is out now
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Dec. 19, 1972: Police probe safe smashing and Sacred Heart Church break-in, Waterville city council will discuss opening dump on Sunday, and you can feed a family of 6 with KFC’s ‘family special’ dinner for only $3.99
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Dec. 18, 1997: Vienna ‘Santa’ is about as real as it gets, controversy was ‘scarce’ during Kennebec County budget hearings, and money to replace two state hospitals high on Gov. King’s list
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Dec. 17, 1987: Live-in guard at Kennebec Count Jail charged with giving drugs to prisoners, Oakland targeted for major business park, and the greater Waterville-area were slip slidin’ away as snowstorm hits region
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Dec. 16, 2006: Augusta store takes heat for selling ‘problem solved’ t-shirt, Hallowell city council approves settlement for its former city manager, and meet some of the new graduates from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy
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Dec. 15, 1984: Former Waterville resident dies after car crashes through woman’s bedroom wall in Fla., area legislators and business leaders kicked off two projects to save Keyes Fibre Co. plant in Waterville, and WTVL-AM in Waterville now broadcasting
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Dec. 14, 2001: DOT backs park/ride project in downtown Oakland, armed standoff in Skowhegan ends peacefully yesterday, and group eyes land in Winslow for new soccer field
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