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May 19, 1997: Senior prom at Winslow High School briefly evacuated due to bomb threat called in from local restaurant, motor home destroyed in blaze in Jackman yesterday, and Lakewood Theater begins its 97th season this month
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May 18, 1982: Litchfield Community School trying out double-grade classes to ease space, population crunch, plans for Augusta City Hall/Fort Western museum gets ‘easy’ endorsement from council, and was a recent Maine bridge report ‘overdramatized’?
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May 17, 1996: Murphy, the Pittsfield pooch who became an ’80s canine celebrity’, dies, Republicans in the US House push new budget-balancing plan, and doughnuts and other bakery items are being made once again at Harris Baking Co. in Waterville after a year hiatus
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May 16, 1978: Accidental gunshot sparks flurry of police activity on Eastern Avenue in Augusta, Maine’s ‘largest stolen auto ring’ smashed in Bangor, and high-speed chase in the Belgrade Lakes region kills one or two and injures a state trooper
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May 15, 1990: Students and possibly one adult face felony charges after vandalizing Lawrence High School buildings, US Supreme Court bans blocking abortion clinics, and a English teacher position at a Winslow school has been saved from elimination
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May 14, 1986: After 15 years in healthcare in central Maine, this Winslow man and his wife are moving to Vienna, Austria, 8th arrest made in Waterville ‘sex ring’ case, and owner of Waterville’s Post Office square threatens legal action in longstanding dispute
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May 13, 1983: Reagan gives Sen. William Cohen a commitment to his ‘build-down’ nuclear arms reaction scheme, finance commissioner says Maine’s fiscal crunch ‘tightest’ in 30 years, and first-in-the-nation elderly housing project coming to Gardiner
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May 12, 1995: Cat trapped in lobster trap in Harpswell for three weeks saved from starvation by dog, Waterville paint store owner abruptly flees town permanently, and a buyer is eyeing Sugarloaf/USA as majority owner
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May 11, 2001: Turcotte’s Shoe Repairing in downtown Augusta buckles its last shoe, and Maine House OKs bill to fight domestic violence and sexual assault
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