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Oct. 29, 1981: Voters in Jefferson to decide fate of construction at Village School, ‘Healthy Halloween Party’ wraps up in Richmond, and Arby’s makes a vegetable soup that’s ‘uncannily’ good
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Oct. 28, 1994: Oakland, Belgrade students meet each other for first time thanks to pen pal program, two more arrested in Skowhegan theft sweep, and the Morning Sentinel endorses Angus King to be the next governor of Maine
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Oct. 27, 1982: Augusta City Council believes Capitol Theater is threat to public safety and wants it demolished, 12 imprisoned criminals will petition for pardons, commutations in court today, and two men were arrested for trapping illegal pelts out of season
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Oct. 26, 1974: Traffic pattern around Castonguay Square in Waterville to be reversed says police chief & mayor, rescue crews from two communities search Sebasticook River in Pittsfield looking for victims of car plunge, and pulp truck drivers threatening to boycott mills with weight lists
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Oct. 25, 2000: Augusta native wants french text corrected on a plaque at a monument to workers who trekked up and down Sand Hill, and patients at Togus VA hospital will see a physical more quickly now after complaints of long wait times.
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Oct. 24, 1994: Legendary Waterville coach Wallace ‘Wally’ Donovan dies at the age of 86, Sen. George Mitchell among 24 inducted into Waterville Area Boys and Girls Club Hall of Fame, and loggers in Franklin County hope $5,000 reward will loosen information on series of vandalism in area
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Oct. 23, 1948: Two hunters wounded by blast of farmer’s shotgun in Starks, ‘big slash’ at Togus Veterans Center amounts to six layoffs, and law court to hear an unusual case from an Augusta farm machine dealer
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Oct. 22, 1988: Maine state workers get sex education lessons, Winslow to seek appraisals for Muster Field for a new elementary school, and two more subdivisions readied for construction in southern part of China
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Oct. 21, 1981: Kennebec County commissioners eye charging communities on a ‘pay as you go’ basis, state board’s tie vote stalls plans for Shaw’s expansion in Augusta, and Hallowell water district customers hear reasons for rate hike
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