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Aug. 7, 1986: 3,000 books missing from Gardiner Public Library after 5-year inventory, legal battle continues to brew with Augusta city manager and city council, and longest-living heart transplant recipient in the US dies
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Aug. 6, 1981: Mud wrestling hits Skowhegan, Waterville mayor says city still working through problems, and new 14-acre subdivision in the works in Oakland
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Aug. 5, 2003: State stocks Kennebec River with $7.4 million worth of American shad, Augusta officials look to replace water source with existing wells at Bond Brook, and cell phones are displacing landlines in the US
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Aug 4, 1972: ‘Christmas in August’ as sidewalk sales bring thousands to downtown Waterville, police vehicle hit by truck on Water St. in Waterville yesterday, and the Lakewood Theatre goes back to ‘1776’ in new musical comedy
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Aug. 3, 1991: Le Club Calumet in Augusta told it ‘must’ let women join its ranks, Whitefield house fire struck by fire, and group demands Annabessacook Lake near Winthrop to be cleaned up
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Aug. 2, 1989: New Webb Road interstate exit-ramp switch passes by wide margin, Fairfield residents ‘pleased’ with town’s vote to deny liquor license to Ruby Lounge and Arnold Motel, and Joseph Cicippio receives 48-hour reprieve
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Aug. 1, 1974: Richmond town manager under fire for gripes, new barn at Windsor fair grounds, and area GOP outspend their Democratic counterparts by ‘better than 10 to 1’
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July 31, 1998: Madison man sues Walmart claiming blood-pressure machine at Skowhegan location caused him permanent arm pain, former Pittsfield Police Dept. dispatcher sues town, police chief claiming slander, and is Sylvia Ramsdell the luckiest person in Caanan? Some think so.
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