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Aug. 12, 1975: LaVerdiere’s continues to expand with 30 locations and over 700 employees, new Olympic pool being built in Waterville, and Waterville’s present Junior High School could be converted into classroom building for vocational institute
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Aug. 11, 2002: Meet Gardiner Public Safety Director Mike Coty, the man with many hats. Also, these Readfield residents are hurling frying pans during this year’s Heritage Days
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Aug. 10, 1981: Woman in Waterville hotel calls 911 and gets Portland police on the line, Waterville National Little League loses to South Portland in state championship, and police put together travels of fugitives
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Aug. 9, 1993: 28-year-old Waterville man tops list of ‘most wanted’ in Kennebec County, Belgrade to hold special town meeting on landfill closure project, and this 81-year-old is perfecting his golf swing albeit differently
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Aug. 8, 1978: This 9-year-old Pittsifeld girl is packing for Hawaii with her CB-radio group. Also, 37 walk out in strike at Maine-Cascade Iron Works in Clinton
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Aug. 7, 1990: Fisherman illegally hooking Atlantic salmon in Kennebec River being targeted, new park in Augusta envisioned as ‘oasis’, and permit for new church building on China Planning Board agenda tonight
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Aug. 6, 1976: Clinton man wins $10,000 with lottery ticket from Belgrade market, 3-year-old not seriously injured when car strikes girl’s tricycle in Waterville, and new $2 million science center coming to Colby College in fall of 1977
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Aug. 5, 2007: Dentist ‘who treated patients while wearing belly-dancing costume’ wants to resume practice in Waterville, fast-moving storm leaves behind destruction in Somerset County, and Flagstaff Lake’s former residents reunite in Stratton
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Aug. 4, 1987: Inmates at Kennebec County Jail helping fight polio by pledging to bake 19,000 loafs of bread, search continues for cause of gas leak at Augusta market, and construction begins on visitors center at arboretum next month
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