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May 21, 1979: Winslow woman captures U.S. weightlifting crown, new economic study confirms Maine is primarily a manufacturing state, and the black flies are the ‘common enemy’
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May 20, 1992: Tactical team resolves three-hour standoff of man at his Monmouth home, fever puts Farmingdale woman’s lung transplant plans on hold, and Augusta collects 3 tons of plastic
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May 19, 1981: 10,000 birds die in fire of suspicious origins at farm in Plymouth, Gov. Brennan to announce plan today regarding poultry industry in Maine, and real estate market in central Maine has gotten ‘tougher’
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May 18, 1953: At conference in Waterville, Democrats urged to ‘sell’ party, Federal Reserve in Boston notes ‘steady climb in consumer credit’, and TV’s talent scout Arthur Godfrey ‘entirely satisfactory’ after hip surgery at a Boston hospital
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May 17, 2001: Students, employees at Mount View High School in Thorndike spending night outside in boxes, 35 workers at Wilton shoe factory will learn fate today, and budget vote snares Waterville city councilors
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May 16, 1988: Fire destroys Riverside Drive market in Augusta, controversial heart transplant candidate dies in Bangor, and those graduation and proms are becoming more and more costly
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May 15, 2002: Construction of first building of FirstPark begins in Oakland, Salvation Army’s in Waterville and Augusta in desperate need of money according to officials, and Waldo County sees one of the largest drug busts in state history
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May 14, 1971: Wild dog with potential rabies bites three in Damariscotta, widening of Augusta’s downtown bridge and Western Ave. first of steps in order to improve area’s traffic concerns, and ‘priceless’ art donated to new Maine State Museum
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May 13, 1983: Over 250 from Northwind Inc. senior citizens center in Skowhegan face eviction, Waterville development czar needed, and first-in-the-nation subsidized elderly housing project approved in Gardiner
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