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On this date
March 13, 1976: Fairfield woman gets rare ’29’ hand in cribbage game, former Waterville man promoted at life insurance company in Vermont, and this 12-year-old is ‘all smiles’ after winning the Waterville Junior High School spelling bee yesterday
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March 12, 2001: Land board ponders plan to save Lakeside Orchards in Manchester, new study tries to improve Maine teacher’s pay, and meet state’s ‘creme de la creme’ for schol foreign-languages in Augusta
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March 11, 1989: Thanks to $1,500 in donations, this Fairfield lass will go to Dublin, Ireland to partake in St. Patrick’s Day festivities, Oakland’s new budget hits $1.7 million, and Flo’s famous hot dog sauce is brewing up a storm on the coast of Maine
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March 10, 2005: 95-year-old Augusta resident reflects on ‘many bad winters’ in Maine, National Guard honors Maine soldier in memorial service at Augusta Civic Center, and Chelsea & Jefferson schools are ‘on the bubble’ for more state funds
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March 9, 1985: 110 new streetlights may be coming to Farmington’s downtown, two 18-year-old girls arrested after police say they fired pellets from guns and hit one youngster, and its Town Meeting season in our coverage area
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March 8, 1996: Customers in Maine may find it hard to bite into a Girl Scout Samoa cookie this year, bus driver suspended after allegedly beating man at Turnpike Mall in Augusta, and Gardiner’s history will be published in pictures
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March 7, 1979: Fairfield city manager fires town’s police chief ‘effective immediately’, top management shift announced at Keyes Fibre Co. in Waterville, and spring flooding has started along streets roads and storm drains in Waterville
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March 6, 1993: Augusta is the place to be today if its chili that lights your fire, Augusta Mental Health Institute regains Medicaid certification, and meet Sarah Mason, a 4th-grade student who wants to be a storyteller
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March 4, 1999: Decaying, dilapidated garage in Waterville draws complaints from residents at latest city council meeting, research project inspires students at Oakland school, and Russian boy visiting Waterville compliments its ‘beautiful streets, cars, restaurants,’
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