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On This Date
Jan. 3, 1969: Parking dilemma at State House hits new low, pedestrian injured after accident on Route 220 in Liberty, and Newcastle man to give talk on his children’s toy collection at Wiscasset museum
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Jan. 2, 1976: Fairfield woman in Portland for burn treatment after kerosene explosion, fires in both Sidney and Etna, and U.S. Rep. William S. Cohen expected to announce today if he’s running against Sen. Edmund Muskie
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Jan. 1, 1990: Pittston toddler’s alarm saves family in fire, meet the Kennebec County Sheriff ‘officer of the year’, and trash is on the agenda in Gardiner
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Dec. 31, 1996: Critics not happy with new Maine license plate, Nynex-Bell Atlantic merger approved, and Cindy Blodgett sandwich taken off menu at Big G’s Deli in Winslow
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Dec. 30, 1935: Waterville boy saves life of his dog but loses his own, fishermen tell tale of being adrift for four days, and two Augusta men mentioned as possible heads of Maine State Police
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Dec. 30, 1977: Waterville postmaster warns about latest chain letter game, and Waterville woman gets rare ’29 hand’ in cribbage
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Dec. 29, 1987: New $2.6 million Oakland business park set, police hunt for missing Winslow woman, and the spring floods in central Maine voted Maine’s top story of ’87
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Dec. 28, 1948: New Farmingdale grammar school to be dedicated, President Truman says some Russian leaders anxious to end Cold War, and bill to ban fireworks in Maine headed to legislature next month
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Dec. 27, 1957: No more strip tease acts in Maine night clubs? Also, farmstead burns in Belgrade, and Gov. Muskie’s daughter celebrates first birthday
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