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On This Date
Dec. 18, 2001: Skowhegan Indian sculpture ‘basically solid’ but still decaying, Maine’s dry spell to get worse says Gov. Angus King, and 150 attend Nativity scene in Skowhegan at the Federated Chuch
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Dec. 17, 1993: David Flanagan will become new Central Maine Power president & CEO in two weeks, Monmouth selects new town manager, and peace for a wall honoring Maine’s fallen
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Dec. 16, 1977: Fairfield police chief suspends all but 3 of town’s patrolmen, son arrested in Augusta hospital after mass family attack, and clothespin-ing away
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Dec. 14, 1990: 50 Augusta Mental Health Institute told their jobs may be cut, Bowdoinham school addition get addition, and Waterville officials still interested in shopping mall
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Dec. 15, 1993: Chelsea Elementary School calls on National Guard to help with land for athletic fields, state representative finds loophole in law, and the Blaine House gets a little brighter
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Dec. 13, 1984: Central Maine Power president calls sell off of Seabrook interests ‘awful’, Maine bans sale of counterfeit Cabbage Patch dolls, and stamp price to jump 2 cents to 22 cents
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Dec. 12, 1975: Democratic presidential hopeful Jimmy Carter visits Augusta during one-day blitz of state’s larger cities, and Gov. Longley calls for repeal of Maine’s school funding law
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Dec. 11, 1985: Are Waterville-area shoppers leaving the Elm City to shop in Augusta? Also, local sewer bills could rise by 50-60 percent next year and UMaine’s plan to shift education courses draws fire
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Dec. 10, 1994: Meet ‘Bear’, the new therapist dog in Augusta that has ‘touch for patients’, Bath Iron Works to suffer in Aegis cutback, and which school is ‘sick’ in the Farmingdale-area?
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