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April 13, 1981: Fire guts former Waterville hardware and plumbing supply store on Main St., high-speed chase involving Waterville youth ends in head-on crash in Oakland, and this ‘pop’ has nerves of steel as a driver’s license examiner in Augusta
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April 12, 1993: Near-fatal crash in Manchester inspires two new seat belt activists, Kennebec riverfront braces for flooding from Augusta to Gardiner, and twin dolls ‘bewitch staff’ at State House
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April 11, 1969: State House approves Sunday liquor measure, Maine’s governor tours new quarters of health agency in Waterville, and 12-year-old Fairfield girl wins Somerset spelling crown
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April 10, 1982: Kennebec County judge dismisses nuclear freeze lawsuit, improvements to state buildings in Augusta are saving $2.5 million in energy costs according to report, and local drivers say potholes are ‘worse than ever this year’
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April 9, 1995: Police arrest robber who held up Winslow barbershop this week, Skowhegan 4th-grade teacher to retire after 45 years of service, and Maine lawyers are ‘just plain sick of’ O.J. Simpson trial
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April 8, 1963: Over 1,800 line up in Winthrop for polio vaccine, former chairman of Maine Public Utilities Commission dies, and a truly ‘sunken road’ in Leeds
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April 7, 1971: Maine’s ‘little towns bemoan rising school costs’, study involving creating a medical school in Maine funds’ defeated, and 50 unmarked state police cars hit the road around the state
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April 6, 1999: Hundreds of bricks fall outside Lamey-Wellehan shoe store in Augusta, a former Navy doctor is finding peace in Manchester, and a Palermo woman is seeing new doors open with reading class
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April 5, 1988: World’s oldest living person may be living in Waterville, UMaine officials push for largest bond issue in university history, and gas tax supporter foresees bumpy road
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