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On this date
Aug. 2, 2001: Somerset County Sheriff, district attorney tangle about music on lines of phone calls waiting to be transferred, wrecking crew dismantles 3 downtown Augusta buildings, and the day in the life of a cemetery mower in Augusta
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Aug. 1, 1989: Meet Lloyd Liberty of Waterville, who traps skunks for a living. Also, the battle for where a new interchange on I-95 will be place continues on
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July 31, 1978: Coopers Mills man and his oxen win ox-pulling contest in Nova Scotia, wooden workshop destroyed by fire in Augusta, and ‘if you ain’t born here, forget it’
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July 30, 1991: The road to the Capitol was a long one for Democrat Ruth Joseph of Waterville. Also, deposition of old Belgrade Lakes fire station and land has selectpersons frustrated
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July 29, 1983: High-speed trains not likely to come to Maine says officials at Portland conference, sunbathers in Wells told to put clothes back on, and it’s either jewels or junk at Elmer’s Barn in Coopers Mills
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July 28, 2003: Randolph woman takes breeder tiff to ‘Judge Mathis’ TV show, and top state election officials trying to stimulate younger people to vote
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July 27, 1983: Central Maine Americans team win Babe Ruth championship in Brunswick, Unity College president Louis V. Wilcox resigns, and the Maine School Superintendents Association meets
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July 26, 1999: Augusta Board of Education preparing application for new Cony High School, errant car crashes into full Winslow restaurant, and meet this once-comatose woman from Wells who is reclaiming her life
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July 25, 1989: 50 years ago today, Don Fendler gets lost in the wilds of Kathadin for nine days. We look back at how this boy from New York survived incredible odds.
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