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Aug. 5, 2003: State stocks Kennebec River with $7.4 million worth of American shad, Augusta officials look to replace water source with existing wells at Bond Brook, and cell phones are displacing landlines in the US
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Aug 4, 1972: ‘Christmas in August’ as sidewalk sales bring thousands to downtown Waterville, police vehicle hit by truck on Water St. in Waterville yesterday, and the Lakewood Theatre goes back to ‘1776’ in new musical comedy
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Aug. 3, 1991: Le Club Calumet in Augusta told it ‘must’ let women join its ranks, Whitefield house fire struck by fire, and group demands Annabessacook Lake near Winthrop to be cleaned up
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Aug. 2, 1989: New Webb Road interstate exit-ramp switch passes by wide margin, Fairfield residents ‘pleased’ with town’s vote to deny liquor license to Ruby Lounge and Arnold Motel, and Joseph Cicippio receives 48-hour reprieve
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Aug. 1, 1974: Richmond town manager under fire for gripes, new barn at Windsor fair grounds, and area GOP outspend their Democratic counterparts by ‘better than 10 to 1’
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July 31, 1998: Madison man sues Walmart claiming blood-pressure machine at Skowhegan location caused him permanent arm pain, former Pittsfield Police Dept. dispatcher sues town, police chief claiming slander, and is Sylvia Ramsdell the luckiest person in Caanan? Some think so.
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July 30, 1979: No alarm over ‘minor’ earthquake reported near Bath and Wiscasset, van takes out utility pole in accident on Water St. in Hallowell, and ‘seven ‘outsiders’ own more than $6 million Maine acres’
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July 29, 1994: Popular labrador retriever who died recently after serving as friend and assistant to many gets fund named after him in Skowhegan, Waterville arts festival to include book debut from author, and woman from Chesterville gets a new home thanks to ‘help of many’
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July 28, 2001: Belgrade couple ‘with offbeat humor’ are keeping customers happy, impaired drivers around Augusta will have more to worry about thanks to new grant, and has anyone seen Bruce Willis around the Belgrade Lakes?
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