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May 27, 1978: Augusta investigator says ‘bird-killing corn’ requires permit before use, cultural affairs group may give town of Starks new lease on life, and Colby College graduates its largest class ever at 420
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May 26, 1983: Attorneys continue to haggle over Cumberland Farms store building in Gardiner, SAD 16 budget OK’d without ‘a word of dissent’, and fire damages garage and storage building in Augusta last night
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May 25, 1995: Momma Baldacci’s Italian Restaurant set to reopen in Madison after around 2 year hiatus, full-time Oakland police officers may need to have college degree in order to be on force, and area students accepted into new Limestone magnet school await fate of school
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May 24, 1985: Gardiner watch repairman to retire after 40 years of keeping time, new Hallowell winery boasts drinks from Chile and other countries, and new R.V. dealer to open in Windsor
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May 23, 1997: China woman shares rare sheet music from 1940s Japanese prisoner of war camp, two men face charges after in theft of autos through five towns, and Mainers can expect up to 70 percent in savings in long-distance phone calls
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May 22, 1961: Accused slayer who was former resident of Augusta caught robbing store in N.H., martial law proclaimed in Montgomery, Ala., and large safe found in Augusta causing a lot of headaches
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May 21, 1979: Winslow woman captures U.S. weightlifting crown, new economic study confirms Maine is primarily a manufacturing state, and the black flies are the ‘common enemy’
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May 20, 1992: Tactical team resolves three-hour standoff of man at his Monmouth home, fever puts Farmingdale woman’s lung transplant plans on hold, and Augusta collects 3 tons of plastic
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May 19, 1981: 10,000 birds die in fire of suspicious origins at farm in Plymouth, Gov. Brennan to announce plan today regarding poultry industry in Maine, and real estate market in central Maine has gotten ‘tougher’
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