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April 20, 1979: Plan to open all Maine stores on Sunday’s attacked by consumers, Maine State Lottery stays alive thanks to the Senate, and see a photo of a dead elm tree came down on Western Avenue in Augusta
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April 19, 1997: Airplane vandalized at Clinton airport sometime in the last two weeks, Maine Yankee spokesperson says electricity often taken for granted, and an Augusta man has been indicted in burglary of Sidney home
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Farmington Chess Club promotes community engagement
The Farmington Chess Club’s weekly meetings attract an average of a dozen participants, ranging from adults to homeschool students as young as 10.
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Central Maine celebrates Earth Day with events starting Friday
From free movies to a community dance, here’s what’s going on this weekend in Central Maine to mark the anniversary of the start of the modern environmental movement.
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Booming cold drink sales means more plastic waste. So Starbucks redesigned its cups
The company also adopted strawless lids in 2019, and last year, it said it would accept customer-provided cups for drive-thru and mobile orders in the U.S. and Canada.
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Long-lost first model of USS Enterprise from ‘Star Trek’ boldly goes home after twisting voyage
Eugene ‘Rod’ Roddenberry, CEO of Roddenberry Entertainment, said he’s thrilled to have the model that had graced the desk of his father, who died in 1991.
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April 18, 1988: ‘Partially finished’ used car lot called ‘eyesore’ by Manchester residents, an AIDS forum scheduled in Winthrop this week, and are high school business courses going by the wayside?
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On Music: Cheryl Wheeler says of singing ‘it’s the best thing I do in my life’
Famed folk singer-songwriter Cheryl Wheeler to return to Maine for show April 25 at One Longfellow Square in Portland
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April 17, 2000: Franklin County seeing uptick in businesses as owners see area as ‘attractive’, the Maine Legislature has been very productive lately, and you may see a census taker knock on your door if not already
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