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On This Date
Jan. 23, 2000: Activists protest abortion outside the State House in Augusta, Unity triplets mourned after fire destroys their home, and Hall-Dale High School focuses on safety
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Jan. 22, 1985: Gay Tolerance Day canceled at Madison High School, Belgrade Road home in Oakland destroyed by fire, and Maine musicians ‘sorry not to play’ in presidential inaugural parade in Washington D.C.
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Jan. 21, 1954: Augusta shop turns out 100 types of signs used throughout Maine, new fire captain for Augusta named, and ice-glazed highways cause injuries in region
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Jan. 20, 1964: Farmington sees 4th fire in four days, Muskie to seek second six-year term in Senate, and ‘human transplant era is near’
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Jan. 19, 1988: Public pitches in to help homeless Dresden family, blazes destroys home of Bowdoinham family, and 47th edition of Maine Agricultural Trades show begins today at the Augusta Civic Center
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Jan. 18, 1982: City of Waterville closes The Chez following arson, Gov. Joseph E. Brennan opens new Madison mill, and a student from Waterville has a front-row seat of the unrest in Ghana
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Jan. 17, 1953: Gov. and Mrs. Burton M. Cross become 11th First Family of Maine, Monmouth Center passenger station might be closing, and Manchester gets new ‘heavy duty’ snow plow
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Jan. 16, 1976: Study finds ‘pot’ impairs breathing, DEP OK’s oil tankers to be stored in Maine waters, and Vatican eases stand on ‘incurable’ homosexuals
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Jan. 15, 1991: Depot Warehouse wholesale chain eyes Augusta site, new no smoking policy at Togus angers patients, and Augusta school board agrees policy is needed for home-school athletes
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