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Oct. 29, 1994: Widow keeps her husband’s hardware business going in Augusta, Fayette poised to approve plan for dam, and Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine pushing fish hatchery bond in television ads
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Oct. 28, 1983: Man suffers concussion after cow runs over him in Monmouth, former Boynton’s Warehouse in Hallowell to come down, and spooks aplenty at the Augusta Jaycees Haunted House
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Oct. 27, 1976: Social Security contribution base will increase to $16,500 next year, GOP candidate for senate spends $700,000 out of pocket on his campaign, and a sewage treatment facility for some schools in Maine will have to wait
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Oct. 25, 1993: Waterville hospital to offer free X-ray screening of any kid’s candy for Halloween, residents from Troy reject land swap in special town meeting, and are changes in the air in St. Albans?
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Oct. 24, 2007: Wardens cracking down on ATVs cruising around Sebasticook Lake in Newport, Turnpike Authority rejects toll study, and good gourd, check out all these pumpkins in Farmington!
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Oct. 23, 1974: Thieves rob South China country store two nights ago and walk away with $70, Maine’s new school finance scheme is ‘underfunded’ by more than $15 million, and Waterville man sentenced for two deaths
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Oct. 22, 1997: A ‘wheely strange’ dump truck mishap takes place on West River Road in Waterville, city allows waterfront land sale, and ‘brain to brain’ tour has officially ended
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Oct. 21, 1986: Kennebec County legislator writes angry letter to county commissioners alleging ‘gross overspending’ by sheriff, sex abuse victims seek compensation, and landfill discussion on Winthrop agenda tonight
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Oct. 20, 1990: Skowhegan radio station, cable services, and thousands of Central Maine Power customers without power due to high winds, and Skowhegan’s town manager receives Maine Municipal Association Award
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