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Jan. 21, 1978: Two boy scouts use rescue techniques they learned to save life of 8-year-old Augusta girl, Hall-Dale High School students hear stories of convicts at Maine State Prison, and a nor’easter is bringing things to standstill in central Maine
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Jan. 20, 1998: 11 days later, last house in Skowhegan regains power after ‘great’ 1998 ice storm, Madison Shop ‘n Save workers treated following Feon gas leak, and Alfond youth center topic of discussion tonight in Waterville
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The results are in: This was the best maple syrup made in Maine last year
The Maine Maple Producers Association held its annual competition Friday to determine the season’s top products in several categories.
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Jan. 19, 1981: Randolph may turn off its 124 street lights to reduce town’s electricity costs, premature baby in Dover-Foxcroft got a special helicopter ride to hospital in Lewiston, and a roadside spring in Wayne continues to flow after nearby construction threatened it
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Scholar discovers stories, poems possibly written by Louisa May Alcott
During the time of the ‘Little Women’ author, it was common for female writes to use pseudonyms.
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‘Oppenheimer,’ the Frankenstein’s monster that changed our world
“I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” A verse from the Bhagavad Gita, spoken by Oppenheimer while viewing the successful test of the first bomb. J. Robert Oppenheimer. A name forever burned in history and largely forgotten. Japanese cities like Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the two cities our bombers destroyed at the cost of great […]
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Jan. 18, 2001: Cocaine use on the rise in Somerset County with recent drug busts in Skowhegan, Jackman, and Madison, tech company lays off 17 in Pittsfield, and Lawrence High School graduate to march in inaugural parade in Washington D.C.
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Early Beatles tribute band Studio Two back for 2 shows in January
Maine has become the most popular State for us, too, says Stephen Murray.
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Jan. 17, 1987: Maine acts to block sale of Hallowell Shoe Co. in effort to safeguard severance pay for over 100 workers, some 72,000 cans of green beans recalled nationwide, and get ready for another snow storm tomorrow
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