Ben Pinette

Showcasing what happened in the Skowhegan-area on this date for the week of Dec. 25-Jan. 1
Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.

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Dec. 22, 1998: Consultants suggest changing the rotaries and adding modern transit system in Augusta, EnvisioNet coming to Augusta and bringing hundreds of jobs, and it will be a brown Christmas for a lot of Mainers

Dec. 21, 1987: Waterville, Lewiston, and Orono lost the most amount of people between 1980-86 according to new study, Franklin Memorial Hospital patients will need permission to smoke inside rooms, and Hinckley School asks help for fire victims

The Way It Was in Skowhegan: Week of Dec. 25-Jan. 1

Dec. 20, 1996: Ex-medics sue Winthrop saying town owes them money, longtime selectman from Jefferson is retiring after 34 years, and a cookbook ‘dedicated to all the children of Windsor’ is out now

Photos: See the flooding and devastation around central Maine from Monday’s storm

Dec. 19, 1972: Police probe safe smashing and Sacred Heart Church break-in, Waterville city council will discuss opening dump on Sunday, and you can feed a family of 6 with KFC’s ‘family special’ dinner for only $3.99

Dec. 18, 1997: Vienna ‘Santa’ is about as real as it gets, controversy was ‘scarce’ during Kennebec County budget hearings, and money to replace two state hospitals high on Gov. King’s list

J.P. Devine Podcast: I remember Mrs. Klein

Dec. 17, 1987: Live-in guard at Kennebec Count Jail charged with giving drugs to prisoners, Oakland targeted for major business park, and the greater Waterville-area were slip slidin’ away as snowstorm hits region

Dec. 16, 2006: Augusta store takes heat for selling ‘problem solved’ t-shirt, Hallowell city council approves settlement for its former city manager, and meet some of the new graduates from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy