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🌱 Why a 340-ton generator suddenly parked on Main Street Oxford.
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- Why a 340-ton generator suddenly parked on Main Street Oxford.
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- Saturday: Mostly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 65 and low of 37 degrees.
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📰 News we're reading
• Jay generator journey loses steam as ‘super oversize' load stops in Oxford (pressherald.com) — A massive 340-ton steam generator being hauled from Jay to South Portland had to pause for the day at Call of the Wild RV Center on Main Street in Oxford, drawing steady crowds of curious onlookers. With travel restricted to nighttime hours and the trip now expected to take a week, many locals even gathered at Oxford Plains Speedway to watch the slow-moving convoy continue along Route 117. 
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