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April 13, 1995: MCI grad breaks new ground with an auto racing scholarship, town of Madison seeks $24,000 for veterans monument, and a Waterville man is preparing to build modular home factories in Russia
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April 12, 1983: Elmer & Eleanor Warren picked for Waterville Area Chamber of Commerce awards, next year’s budget for Waterville schools only cost 3.9 percent more in tax revenues, and the story of a salesman who won’t quit
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April 11, 2003: iParty, EB Games, Chuck E Cheese, Mattress Giant, and more all supposedly coming to Marketplace at Augusta, Cony High School students helping to fund schools in Afghanistan, and some Massachusetts sludge came to central Maine farms last summer
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April 10, 1986: Partner seeks to take control of ailing Waterville Post Office Square, walkout that began against Maine Central Railroad will spread nationwide, and is Farmington’s town manager preparing to leave his position?
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April 9, 1997: Around 500 turned out at Augusta Civic Center for ‘an emotionally-charged hearing’ on latest gay rights bill, schools in central Maine have problems with internet, and future of old Augusta City Hall produces a puzzling situation for councilors
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April 8, 1977: President of Colby College says students there should not have final say in determining educational policy, ex-Madison mill workers pursue plans for co-op, and President Carter names George Mitchell as U.S. Attorney for Maine
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April 7, 1993: Maine House of Representatives emphatically allows right to abortion, Winslow & Waterville apparently raiding China for students, tuition, and its mud season in central Maine
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April 6, 1985: Diamond Match Company permanently closing its manufacturing facility in Oakland, and Waterville bars, restaurants, and bands are all feeling effects of state’s ‘tough’ liquor laws
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April 5, 2000: You can no longer feed the ducks on Maranacook Lake in Winthrop says town council, groundbreaking for new veterans cemetery held in Augusta, and 2 Cony students win essay contest on Washington D.C.
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