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July 3, 2000: Lake group supplies Oakland police with boat to patrol Messalonskee Lake, one third of Americans almost had a mental health problem in last year according to study, and canoeists & kayakers journey down Kennebec River for 4th celebration
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July 2, 1996: Have high school principals become an endangered species? Also, local men arrested on shotgun charges, and how $1 could cost $58,000 in taxpayer legal fees
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July 1, 1978: Around 700 workers at Scott Paper Co. plant in Winslow vote to strike, an elderly man was rescued from waters of Belgrade Lake early yesterday morning, and this Blue Hill business is supplying fireworks for 45 Maine customers including Waterville on the 4th
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June 30, 1995: Gardiner couple renews 60-year-old wedding vows, Gov. Angus King signs $3.5 million budget, and fourth of July doesn’t mean a holiday for all
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June 29, 1989: Puzzled residents want to fix ‘slipped’ boundary on the Madison-Skowhegan line, Plymouth disaster drill brings surprise, and abortion opponents expect mixed court ruling in Augusta
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June 28, 1978: Augusta woman accused of firing gun at Gardiner dispatcher & threatening Waterville officer pleads guilty in court, residents come together to help Monmouth theater, and it’s strawberry season at a farm on Rices Rips Road in Waterville
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June 27, 1990: New ‘secret’ way of voting for town of Wayne has some folks up in arms, new state rules will prevent summer cottage conversions, and plans underway for new DMV on Piggery Road in East Augusta
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June 26, 2002: Nonprofit organization plans to buy C.F. Hathaway shirt company in Waterville, Fairfield residents let their voice be heard about a casino in town, and the 2nd congressional district recount begins in Augusta
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June 25, 1985: Could Elm Street in Hallowell someday look radically different? That’s what one local businessman wants to do to dead-end street. Also, rollover in Sidney hospitalizes one and meet this year’s jalapeño eating champion in Bar Harbor
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