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Feb. 1, 2001: Fairfield’s Olde New England Candle expands with purchase of Alfred business, new performing arts center at UMF is getting closer to reality, and six Franklin County woodworkers have been hard at work making a special gift for the State House in Augusta
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Jan. 31, 1989: ‘Computers in schools are not being used’, says director of testing in Maine, civil lawsuit filed challenging special town meeting in China, and painting in farmhouse’s attic in Hinckley goes for $70,000
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Jan. 30, 2002: Road commissioner Harold ‘Red’ Mitchell to end 58 years of service to town of Freedom, former Skowhegan Savings Bank razed in Fairfield, and Burnham man to keep his Boston Post gold cane
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Jan. 29, 1987: Derin’s Sandwich Shop in Hallowell loses shingles appeal from Planning Board, Augusta business leaders told ‘pro-family policy’ needed, and this could be the snowiest January on record here in central Maine
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Jan. 28, 1994: Former Madison attorney can stand up again after spending 17 years in a wheelchair, oil prices jump 8-9 cents as bitter cold endures, and Scott Paper Co. quiet on if cutbacks will happen at mills in Winslow & Skowhegan
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Jan. 27, 2000: Waterville eyes future with ambitious 3-phase marketing plan for downtown, crashes litter I-95 due to ice-sheathed roads, and Fairfield hires a new town manager
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Jan. 26, 1993: Sears targeting Rockland store to close while Augusta location remains open, Waterville-native Sen. Mitchell names Bangor resident as top federal prosecutor in Maine, and despite wacky weather it’s still winter in Maine
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Jan. 25, 1984: Some 700 mourn popular Waterville ‘physician who cared’ at service, central Maine roads turn slick during mid-thaw, and shoe industry asks federal government to place quotas on imported shoes
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Jan. 24, 1998: Another large ice storm on the way for central Maine as loaned line crews on standby in case of power outages, State Cable scrambling to restore service for customers ahead of Super Bowl, and prosecutors in DC likely to indict Monica Lewinsky
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