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April 4, 1970: Waterville girl named new Miss Maine-U.S.A., 10 freight cars leave tracks between Pittsfield & Burnham, and Nixon signs Sen. Muskie’s water quality bill
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April 3, 1990: Rights panel sues Le Club Calumet in Augusta, town of Winthrop wins recycling grant, and 3,000 lose power in Gardiner yesterday for around 45 minutes
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April 2, 1973: Meat boycott underway nationwide and ‘meatless’ meals pose no problems for ladies of a Fairfield church, open water season begins and the fish are few in Bingham, and Vassalboro fire deemed suspicious
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April 1, 1918: Smallpox discovered in Augusta boy after recent appendicitis surgery, Solon High School receive patriotic flag during event, and local news from the long but not forgotten village of Iceboro
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March 31, 1970: Planned Vassalboro rock festival hits snag, Maine’s governor favors strict license control program which could be ‘last resort’, and Apollo 13 blasts off on April 11 for ‘riskiest moon journey yet’
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Tell us why you love your mom! Upload a video and send it to us before Mother’s Day.
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March 30, 1990: New roof needed at Fort Western sooner than city officials anticipated, junkyard fire destroys four buildings and drives elderly man out of home in Wales, and mud and a broken water main leaves a propane truck stuck in Augusta yesterday
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March 29, 1976: Thieves stole CB radio antennas off at least four cars in Waterville, Kennebec river’s rise declared ‘normal’, and Winslow girl gives ‘sensitive’ performance on ice at arena in Hallowell
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