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March 2, 1974: Pair apprehended in Phillips bank robbery, says police, 15-year-old Lawrence High School student takes first place in oratorical contest, and town meeting season begins today with meetings in several central Maine communities
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March 1, 1983: Local M*A*S*H fans bid farewell to series at Hazel Green’s Sports Pub in Augusta, a Kenenbec County Sheriff clarifies his marks on a bail plan, and our special series on ‘living with’ Central Maine Power
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Feb. 29, 1988: Leap Day is just another day for central Mainers and we can be sure to thank Julius Caesar for the extra 24 hours, and a judge from China suffers snowmobile spill but resting comfortably at Waterville hospital
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Feb. 28, 1995: This Mount Vernon man’s 8-year-old custom furniture business was born when his marriage broke up, a new western Maine caucus has formed, and Maine oil dealers want the state to hold its tongue about home heating prices
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Feb. 27, 1987: Maine Central Railroad closes its Waterville repair shops for good, new bill in Maine Legislature would allow for lump payment for Megabucks winners, and 10-minute oil change service maybe coming to Kennedy Memorial Drive in Waterville in future
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Feb. 26, 2003: Vienna may drop its one town police officer and contract with Kennebec Sheriff’s Office, Augusta to test private wells near landfill, and can the Buker Middle School be saved from the latest budget ax?
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Feb. 25, 1975: Canaan dairyman plans to challenge Edmund Muskie for Senate in 1976, C.F. Hathaway Co. in Waterville launches sales drive, and lecturer at UMaine in Orono talks about his role in ‘Watergate’
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Feb. 24, 1994: ‘Augusta schools should focus on quality’ says parents, Winthrop’s new communications center opens and it’s ‘high-tech’, and Maine Public Television Plus gets added to cable lineups in the Augusta area
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Feb. 23, 1988: Former Waterville doctor, Dr. Charles Edwin Towne, dies at his home in Fla. at age of 81, Jay pupils carry their protest all the way to State House in Augusta, and the Swaggart broadcasts will go on as planned on Maine TV stations for now
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