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Feb. 6, 1982: Augusta man charged in downtown shooting, two policeman use fire extinguishers to put out blaze in Hallowell home, and Reagan orders probe of potato industry
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Feb. 5, 1966: Smoke overcomes three prisoners in Gardiner, St. Albans man indicted in death of pedestrian, and UMaine says student stole psychology test
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Feb. 4, 2001: Internet comes into Augusta, Waterville homes by way of DSL, laid-off Farmington shoe employees getting back on their feet, and are the wheel on your car the same size?
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Feb. 3, 1983: Bill seeks statewide curb of porn, including no more ‘live sex shows’, fugitive caught in cooler of his Waterville home, and ‘Claude’ predicts six more weeks of winter
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Feb. 2, 1994: ‘Horrendous’ cold January is coldest average in 23 years, Augusta cops win labor fight, and Americans are tying up the phone lines at L.L. Bean
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Feb 1, 1985: 100 or so ducks said to be polluting water at stream in East Vassalboro, Gov. Brennan paints upbeat picture of Maine in speech, and Burger King taking over 4 Howard Johnson’s Restaurants on turnpike in Maine
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Jan. 31, 1963: $100K in cash found in Augusta home where two died, voters may decide fate of new Cony High School, and UMaine trustee says university must be ready to enroll more Maine youth
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Jan. 30, 1989: 11 horses perish in Detroit barn fire, Winslow to review procedures for house permits, and Kennebec County property is now worth almost $3 billion
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Jan. 29, 1982: Chelsea farmer wants to use sludge to fertilize his crops, Winthrop seeking additional downtown parking, and toothaches on the rise at a Monmouth school
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