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March 4, 1966: Monmouth tabulation error puts Sunday liquor sales in the ‘dry’ column, seven sites proposed for new archives building in Augusta, and Cony High touts its ‘science-kids”
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March 3, 1948: Men shoot two bobcats at dooryard of Canaan home, central Maine covered with another 5 inches of snow with more on the way, and Missouri town is ready for a big St. Patrick’s Day
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March 2, 1979: Ironworkers on strike at Augusta steel plant, Maine senate votes for ban of smoking at public meetings in the state, and the oil squeeze last month is real here in central Maine
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March 1, 1988: Central Maine boasts 4 leap-year babies, Jesse Jackson ‘throw-away’ votes look pretty good here, and a state official blows whistle on satanists
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Feb. 28, 1996: ‘Blacks remain biggest target of bias crimes’, Vassalboro school property sale to be discussed tonight, and the Manchester post office goes mobile… literally.
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Feb. 27, 1981: Ice fishing season ends on very unseasonable note, 1 local burglary solved as another is probed, and Waterville high school parents sent immunization program packets
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Feb. 26, 1982: Bill would allow trappers to shoot dogs; at the same time, Gardiner toughens its policy on unleashed dogs, and are women working for less?
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Feb. 25, 1991: Crash injures 2 Oakland police officers, Colby College goes yellow in a big way, and town of Belgrade to vote on mining rules
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Feb. 24, 1972: State police capture three young men from Readfield after break-in, state to issue ‘retro’ checks, and a potential 20 percent social security benefit increase in talks in Washington D.C.
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