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PublishedJuly 24, 2024
July 24, 1982: Meet 78-year-old Grampa Dowe, owner of Grampa Dowe’s store in China. Also, archeologists are digging along the banks of the Kennebec, and kids learn to stay alive in the water in Monmouth
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PublishedJuly 23, 2024
July 23, 1993: Unsuspecting tourists from New Hampshire get red carpet treatment in Skowhegan from ‘A Current Affair’ program, and off-track betting at John Martin’s Manor in Waterville postponed due to conflict
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PublishedJuly 22, 2024
July 22, 1977: Opium poppies found sprouting at a gravel parking lot in Augusta, lightning destroys barn on West River Road in Augusta, and wind is not helping matters up in Baxter State Park when it comes to fires
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PublishedJuly 21, 2024
July 21, 1992: Waterville’s topless bar loses its lease and may be forced to move to Madison, Fairfield may appointment acting fire chief, and the heroics of home healthcare nurses locally
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PublishedJuly 20, 2024
July 20, 1988: An archeological search is on at Fort Western may turn up remains of outhouse from 1700’s, Monmouth planners OK subdivision, and Gardiner to cut two trees to make for new playground
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PublishedJuly 19, 2024
July 19, 2000: As many as 10 people struck by lightning in Farmington yesterday, national chicken-breeding company with offices in Waterville declares bankruptcy, and part 1 of our series on sexual assault looks at the healing process
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PublishedJuly 18, 2024
July 18, 2001: Census says same-sex pairs in 3,394 Maine homes, Hallowell workers have unionized after six-month battle with city, and the Cobbossee lighthouse is upright again
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PublishedJuly 17, 2024
July 17, 1978: We have the exclusive ‘anti-cutting’ underground newsletter’s list of reasons for not mowing your lawn this year. Also, two state entomologists accuse news media of sensationalizing reports of a beetle infestation in Turner
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PublishedJuly 16, 2024
July 16, 1981: City of Gardiner advised to buy former Clark Auto Sales property for municipal parking, while city residents think ‘Gardiner is about to break loose’. Also, several area rescue squads learn ropes of helicopter evacuation in Readfield
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PublishedJuly 15, 2024
July 15, 1996: Reform Party’s convention in Augusta to feature Ross Perot, Richard Lamm, Le Festival de la Bastille not a complete washout this past weekend in Augusta, and this Augusta street is on the move again
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