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April 17, 1975: 250 senior citizens attend special clinic at Winslow church, Waterville school board & city council clash over 1975 school budget, and Freedom train comes to Maine
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April 16, 1980: Investigators continue probing burned-out Service Merchandise store in Augusta, Kennebec County tax rate set, and national cinema chain eyeing new movie theater off Community Drive in Augusta
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April 15, 1953: Heavy snow, wind storm damages power & telephone lines in central Maine, fire chiefs statewide oppose sale of fireworks in Maine, and four-day Colby College convocation begins
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April 14, 1990: Work starts on Hallowell’s new water source from Chelsea, Old City Hall in Augusta repairs look to cost about $50K, and MADD keeps tabs on OUI sentences
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April 13, 1981: Fire guts former Waterville hardware and plumbing supply store on Main St., high-speed chase involving Waterville youth ends in head-on crash in Oakland, and this ‘pop’ has nerves of steel as a driver’s license examiner in Augusta
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April 12, 1993: Near-fatal crash in Manchester inspires two new seat belt activists, Kennebec riverfront braces for flooding from Augusta to Gardiner, and twin dolls ‘bewitch staff’ at State House
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April 11, 1969: State House approves Sunday liquor measure, Maine’s governor tours new quarters of health agency in Waterville, and 12-year-old Fairfield girl wins Somerset spelling crown
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April 10, 1982: Kennebec County judge dismisses nuclear freeze lawsuit, improvements to state buildings in Augusta are saving $2.5 million in energy costs according to report, and local drivers say potholes are ‘worse than ever this year’
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April 9, 1995: Police arrest robber who held up Winslow barbershop this week, Skowhegan 4th-grade teacher to retire after 45 years of service, and Maine lawyers are ‘just plain sick of’ O.J. Simpson trial
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