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On This Date
March 30, 1988: Former teller at Key Bank at Turnpike Mall in Augusta accused of stealing $10,000 from bank, discussions about Belgrade’s landfill to come, and striking International Paper workers protest exclusion from mill inspection in Augusta
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March 29, 2001: Waterville fire chief undergoes triple-bypass surgery in Portland, Somerset County officials seek grace period to respond to complaints about county jail, and two Farmington police officers return after spending week in war-ravaged Bosnia
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March 28, 1997: Former janitor at Windsor Elementary School suing town’s school department saying she lost her job to younger man, a rabbid fox has been found dead in Pittston, and Mount Vernon to maintain a full-time principal at its elementary school
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March 27, 1978: $1,000 in damage and theft of several items from chicken house reported to Waterville police recently, rumors of Unity processing plant to close go unsupported, and Kennebec county teenagers are big spenders, nearly $13,000 worth last year alone
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March 26, 1994: Augusta man laments loss of landmarks he surveyed, US labor department close to banning smoking at all workplaces, and it’s a little bit Russian in Richmond
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March 25, 1985: Reports of the ‘infamous’ Colby College boa constrictor’s death ‘greatly exaggerated’, Troy residents reject 7 of 50 articles on town meeting warrant, and are safety questions haunting ATV enjoyment for folks in central Maine?
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March 24, 1996: House speaker Newt Gingrich’s sister lobbies for gay rights at Maple Hill Bed and Breakfast in Hallowell, and wheelchair tennis program in Augusta gaining in popularity among its members
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March 23, 2002: Former CMP chief to buy now-defunct MacDonald Footwear Inc. in Skowhegan, supplemental budget wins OK in State House, and a first-class stamp nationwide now at 37 cents
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March 22, 1977: Augusta school bus drivers to ‘air out their complaints’ at special meeting with Augusta Board of Education, new seafood restaurant ‘Jolly Roger’ to open in Augusta, and more than 20 show up to quit smoking at Department of Human Services
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