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Sept. 4, 1986: Samantha Smith’s mother sues airline that crashed and killed her daughter 13 months ago, man arrested and another sought in Augusta shooting, and it’s time to reserve your lobster…plates, that is
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Sept. 3, 1992: No one injured when gunman enters Skowhegan bar and fired two guns, crews moving houses in anticipation of new Waterville-Winslow bridge, and a Farmington drug store is meeting Walmart’s challenge
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Sept. 2, 2006: Maine Turnpike officials send apology letter to Gov. Baldacci for ‘expensive dinner’, Maine’s political campaign shifting into more ‘intense phase’, and students say the ‘bathrooms actually work’ at the new Cony High School
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Sept. 1, 1981: Athens woman’s car stolen, set afire near County Road in Waterville, Sen. Mitchell criticizes Reagan on country’s economic future, and UMF faculty take pay issue directly to students
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Aug. 31, 1994: Fort Western Sports moving business to downtown Augusta, Gardiner pitches rifle ban proposal, and Windsor Fairgoers relish this fried onion treat
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Aug. 30, 1985: Waterville’s John Martin’s Manor escape’s sale to Atlantic Hotels Inc. of Newton, Mass., Sears wins Maine consumer case, and over 400 union employees of C.F. Hathaway Co. gathered outside Waterville plant for ‘walk-in’
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Aug. 29, 1994: President Clinton may be heading to Maine to visit BIW, camp along Cobbossee Lake, Maine’s big banks continue to offer low CD’s, and opening day at the Windsor Fair draws 15,000 people
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Aug. 28, 1980: Skowhegan slates meeting on potential 2nd bridge across Kennebec River, town of Oakland has been sued by Pine Tree Legal Assistance, and water is flowing over dam again in Winslow
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Aug. 27, 1998: Commission allows Blaine House improvements, Gov. Angus King not excited about getting latest poll results, and this year’s Windsor Fair honors Washington man who died this year from cancer
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