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March 18, 1998: New criminal justice school in central Maine gets closer to reality, cancer rate growing in Maine, and VA nurses at Togus hospital get pay raise after five years of fighting
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March 17, 1976: Waterville Fire Dept. sweat out three-hour battle with fire in a tar-tanker, 24-hour restraining order issued by judge against striking workers at Wilton manufacturing company, and old man winter zonks central Maine with 8-14 inches of snow
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March 16, 2001: DHS takes two children from their Chelsea home in Schofield case, panel reaches preliminary agreement on state budget, and soon-to-be 95-year old Augusta woman reflects on life at her Kennebec Plaza apartment
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March 15, 1980: El Salvador man who was robbed, assaulted in Waterville scheduled to fly home next week, Pizza Hut signs lease at JFK Mall in Waterville, and Madison Electric Works seeks mill contract
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March 14, 1968: Gardiner man found shot to death with wife held on murder charge, $1.1 million Augusta General Hospital expansion plans termed ‘inadequate’, and all dogs in Maine must be immunized against rabies before they can be licensed begins April 1
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March 13, 1984: 9-year-old Fairfield boy was ‘stuck in a tree and choking’ and rescued, nine left homeless after apartment blaze at apartment house in North Vassalboro, and Winslow council backs a ‘peaceful Russian connection’
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March 12, 1974: Farmer loses 18 head of cattle, six horses, 29 pigs, and more in Fayette fire, gasoline prices hit 60 cents and consumers can expect limits and lines at stations, and student tries national fad and ‘streaks’ at Cony High School
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March 11, 1992: Vagabond picks Waterville to settle after 20 years on the road, Nokomis principal says environment is key to dropout rate, and Albion outhouse business is on a $200K roll
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March 10, 1958: First snowshoers’ convention held in Augusta, two men accused of shooting a truck driver during a holdup in Albion to be arraigned in court, and a blunt answer to a blunt question for one patrolman
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