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On This Date
Nov. 8, 1990: Somerville, Whitefield students attending Lincoln Academy will no longer be able to ride Jefferson school buses, 300-500 construction jobs planned at new Mall at Augusta, and Hallowell told to settle yard issue with property owner
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Nov. 7, 1969: Chief of staff at Waterville Osteopathic Hospital Dr. Edward G. Drew dies at the age of 80, Pittsfield students make plea to voters to keep Warsaw High School alive, and UMaine chancellor optimistic after bond issue fails at polls
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Nov. 6, 1995: ‘Technology cannot be an add-on’ says educator at conference in Augusta, new Barnes & Noble bookstore opens in Augusta, and Volkswagen Beetle fans locally are excited about its return
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Nov. 5, 1996: Crowe Rope Industries breaks ground on Benton Avenue site, future of Maine egg farm uncertain, and Clinton appears to hold strong lead over Dole in Maine’s presidential race as voters get out to the polls today
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Nov. 4, 1980: Monmouth referendum pits ‘wets’ against ‘drys’, Augusta city council to consider 64-unit apartment building off Cushnoc Drive, and the Hall-Dale board of directors are concerned about declining enrollment at the junior high school
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Nov. 3, 1996: Lifelong Waterville resident & benefactor Percy ‘Pacy’ Levine dies at his home at the age of 91, C.F. Hathaway $1 million grant seems certain, and we look at forestry in the first of a two-part series
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Nov. 2, 1982: It’s Election Day and voter turnout expected to be low statewide but heavy locally, an innocent verdict upheld in Augusta Mental Health Institute case, and nuclear questions face voters nationwide
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Nov. 1, 1990: Four-year effort to reintroduce woodland caribou to Maine’s wildlife falls victim to black bears and lack of funds, Moscow carpenter faces sex charges, and independent candidate Andrew Adam may spoil McKernan-Brennan rivalry
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Oct. 31, 2002: Parents, officials talk about a need for a cop at Cony High School in Augusta, Collins & Baldacci win mock election in Maine, and is the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Augusta haunted?
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