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May 17, 2001: Students, employees at Mount View High School in Thorndike spending night outside in boxes, 35 workers at Wilton shoe factory will learn fate today, and budget vote snares Waterville city councilors
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May 16, 1988: Fire destroys Riverside Drive market in Augusta, controversial heart transplant candidate dies in Bangor, and those graduation and proms are becoming more and more costly
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May 15, 2002: Construction of first building of FirstPark begins in Oakland, Salvation Army’s in Waterville and Augusta in desperate need of money according to officials, and Waldo County sees one of the largest drug busts in state history
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May 14, 1971: Wild dog with potential rabies bites three in Damariscotta, widening of Augusta’s downtown bridge and Western Ave. first of steps in order to improve area’s traffic concerns, and ‘priceless’ art donated to new Maine State Museum
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May 13, 1983: Over 250 from Northwind Inc. senior citizens center in Skowhegan face eviction, Waterville development czar needed, and first-in-the-nation subsidized elderly housing project approved in Gardiner
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May 12, 1998: Citing ‘endless’ complaints, Winthrop’s town manager resigns, Belgrade-area campowners wary about Route 27 plans, and Shaw’s Supermarket in Augusta to undergo transformation
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May 11, 1968: Waterville police officer bitten by dog, sentenced and fine appealed by Waterville youth after disorderly conduct charge, and New England telephone operators gearing up for over 700,000 calls on Mother’s Day this Sunday
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May 10, 1985: Motorcyclists riding in Maine may be forced to wear seat belts and helmets, UMA president to leave university and head to California, and low enrollment at the Capitol Area Regional Vocational Center may hurt future of programs
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May 9, 1981: Waterville JFK Mall Mother of the Year award goes to mother of 14 children, former Waterville mayor hand-delivers his application for city administrator, and cuts will hurt SAD 49’s meal programs in Clinton
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