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April 3, 1990: Rights panel sues Le Club Calumet in Augusta, town of Winthrop wins recycling grant, and 3,000 lose power in Gardiner yesterday for around 45 minutes
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April 2, 1973: Meat boycott underway nationwide and ‘meatless’ meals pose no problems for ladies of a Fairfield church, open water season begins and the fish are few in Bingham, and Vassalboro fire deemed suspicious
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April 1, 1918: Smallpox discovered in Augusta boy after recent appendicitis surgery, Solon High School receive patriotic flag during event, and local news from the long but not forgotten village of Iceboro
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March 31, 1970: Planned Vassalboro rock festival hits snag, Maine’s governor favors strict license control program which could be ‘last resort’, and Apollo 13 blasts off on April 11 for ‘riskiest moon journey yet’
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March 30, 1990: New roof needed at Fort Western sooner than city officials anticipated, junkyard fire destroys four buildings and drives elderly man out of home in Wales, and mud and a broken water main leaves a propane truck stuck in Augusta yesterday
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March 29, 1976: Thieves stole CB radio antennas off at least four cars in Waterville, Kennebec river’s rise declared ‘normal’, and Winslow girl gives ‘sensitive’ performance on ice at arena in Hallowell
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March 28, 1984: 3 area teens die in truck crash in Farmingdale, men who took brief trip down river on ice raft in Randolph nearly drown, and sheriff’s department scanning girl scout cookies after several communities in Maine report finding objects in the cookies
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March 27, 1991: Public: Waterville’s ‘Elm City’ nickname not so accurate anymore, Sen. George Mitchell tells reporters he won’t run for ’92 presidency, and homeschoolers packed the State House due to upcoming legislation focusing on home education
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March 26, 1947: Coopers Mills man finds bones, coffin in cellar, legalized dog & running horse racing could be coming to Maine, and (love is) ‘no white man’s privilege’ says members of Maine’s Penobscot tribe to committee
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