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Oct. 23, 1948: Two hunters wounded by blast of farmer’s shotgun in Starks, ‘big slash’ at Togus Veterans Center amounts to six layoffs, and law court to hear an unusual case from an Augusta farm machine dealer
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Oct. 22, 1988: Maine state workers get sex education lessons, Winslow to seek appraisals for Muster Field for a new elementary school, and two more subdivisions readied for construction in southern part of China
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Oct. 21, 1981: Kennebec County commissioners eye charging communities on a ‘pay as you go’ basis, state board’s tie vote stalls plans for Shaw’s expansion in Augusta, and Hallowell water district customers hear reasons for rate hike
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Oct. 20, 1993: Town of Winslow gets ‘high ratings’ for use of resources according to Texas-based firm, Waterville Planning Board to review study of KMD lanes, and a couple from Texas seem to have escaped injury after van tips over in Palmyra
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Oct. 19, 1987: Japanese rock garden growing slowly at Pine Tree State Arboretum in Augusta, man’s death called homicide in Aroostook County, and 1988 Central Maine International Automobile Show draws 4,128 to the civic center
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Oct. 18, 1999: Megabucks players flee as ‘jackpot fatigue’ starting to set in Maine, $154 million long-term borrowing package awaiting Election Day verdict, and Waterville police plans check-ins on elderly, shut-ins
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Oct. 17, 1987: Suspicious fires being investigated inside Sidney boarding home, a Ward 5 councilor is concerned with the way Augusta School Department is doing its financial books, and Augusta making sure you are safe for Halloween
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Oct. 16, 1982: What do Sen. George Mitchell and Garfield the comic strip cat have in common? They both love lasagna. Also, PUC orders probe of alleged CMP cover-up, and anti-government protests continue in Poland
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Oct. 15, 2005: Madison Area High School cancels homecoming festivities due to bomb threat, Bingham Hardware store sold, to be renamed as ‘Valley Building Supplies’, and fumes from household trash containers send two city workers to the hospital
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