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April 7, 1971: Maine’s ‘little towns bemoan rising school costs’, study involving creating a medical school in Maine funds’ defeated, and 50 unmarked state police cars hit the road around the state
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April 6, 1999: Hundreds of bricks fall outside Lamey-Wellehan shoe store in Augusta, a former Navy doctor is finding peace in Manchester, and a Palermo woman is seeing new doors open with reading class
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April 5, 1988: World’s oldest living person may be living in Waterville, UMaine officials push for largest bond issue in university history, and gas tax supporter foresees bumpy road
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April 4, 1970: Waterville girl named new Miss Maine-U.S.A., 10 freight cars leave tracks between Pittsfield & Burnham, and Nixon signs Sen. Muskie’s water quality bill
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April 3, 1990: Rights panel sues Le Club Calumet in Augusta, town of Winthrop wins recycling grant, and 3,000 lose power in Gardiner yesterday for around 45 minutes
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April 2, 1973: Meat boycott underway nationwide and ‘meatless’ meals pose no problems for ladies of a Fairfield church, open water season begins and the fish are few in Bingham, and Vassalboro fire deemed suspicious
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April 1, 1918: Smallpox discovered in Augusta boy after recent appendicitis surgery, Solon High School receive patriotic flag during event, and local news from the long but not forgotten village of Iceboro
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March 31, 1970: Planned Vassalboro rock festival hits snag, Maine’s governor favors strict license control program which could be ‘last resort’, and Apollo 13 blasts off on April 11 for ‘riskiest moon journey yet’
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March 30, 1990: New roof needed at Fort Western sooner than city officials anticipated, junkyard fire destroys four buildings and drives elderly man out of home in Wales, and mud and a broken water main leaves a propane truck stuck in Augusta yesterday
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