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On This Date
May 9, 1977: Plight of the ‘displaced homemaker’ was one of many topics tackled at day-long conference at Thomas College in Waterville, woods fire investigated in Randolph, and Statler Tissue’s new wastewater treatment plant operating ‘up to par’
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May 8, 2002: Fairfield town manager wants to bring resort casino to town, state officials receive new high school suicide policy, and 21-year-old college student mailbox bomb suspect caught in Nevada
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May 7, 1998: 2 honored by Augusta Spirit of America committee, Kennebec County Superior Court belfry ‘low’ on court repair list, and the name to remember along Bangor St. in Augusta for next 6 months is Ron Newton
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May 6, 1987: Around 300 single-family and condominium units proposed off West River Road in Waterville, rabbi in Waterville to head interfaith council, and a 25 cent stamp?
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May 5, 1892: ‘Not much change’ with strike between Hallowell Granite Works and their employees, Camden citizen ‘known around the world’ dies, and Moosehead Lake is now free of ice
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May 4, 1993: Canaan mom reunites with two daughters she thought were to have been murdered 30 years ago, Keyes Fibre Co. to cut 138 jobs in Waterville, and state wants attorney general to fine sheriffs in fundraising
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May 3, 1979: Presidential hopeful George Bush begins whirlwind New England tour with stop in Augusta, pay raises for nearly 10,000 state workers won narrow approval with Maine House, and children cross the street the safe way with the help of a clothesline in Augusta
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May 2, 1997: Town officials in Sidney don’t understand why they can’t have their own post office, Vassalboro Community School must rely on bottled water for drinking temporarily, and a ‘planned’ brush fire in Waterville burned out of control yesterday
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May 1, 1981: Officials investigating ‘scuffle’ at Kennebec County jail involving guard and inmate, new 1981 Augusta budget approved last night has no money for city hall repair work or to build new one, and research work beings at Hatch Hill landfill in Augusta
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