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Ben Pinette
Central Maine Athlete of the Week: Week 13
Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel sports writers nominate high school athletes from the prior week’s games.
Readers vote for their top choice and the winner will be announced in the newspapers the following Saturday all season long!
March 9, 1990: Gun found in Lawrence High School students’ locker, Consolidated Waste Services announces expansion plans in Norridgewock, and Maine joining Lotto America lottery may ease budget crunch says Gov. McKernan
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March 8, 1985: Officials try to head off repeat of Girl Scout cookie scare, an Augusta boarding home move has been nixed, and ‘We Are the World’ anthem sung by 45 musicians is officially released
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March 7, 2003: Waterville firefighters participate in picket outside fire station, legislators have doubts on savings idea for Maine colleges, and thickest ice in 10 years poses high flood risks in area
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March 6, 1986: Maine State Museum acquires 1846 locomotive, Bigelow Preserve land swap agreement achieved, and truck driver killed on I-95 near Sidney-Waterville town line
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March 5, 1994: Waterville’s George Mitchell announces he won’t seek re-election in Washington, UMaine team booted out of playoffs, and town meeting season is upon us
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March 4, 1966: Monmouth tabulation error puts Sunday liquor sales in the ‘dry’ column, seven sites proposed for new archives building in Augusta, and Cony High touts its ‘science-kids”
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March 3, 1948: Men shoot two bobcats at dooryard of Canaan home, central Maine covered with another 5 inches of snow with more on the way, and Missouri town is ready for a big St. Patrick’s Day
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