The county fair at Livermore Falls promises to be a hummer. This fair is always popular with the Lewiston and Auburn people who go up for a good day’s enjoyment and it is a fact that they always get it. The racing this year will be better than usual, it is said. New buildings have been erected on the grounds and President Clary is said to have put a new life into the entire fair. J. L. Lowell, the secretary, of Auburn, has been as busy as ever in preparation for the event.

50 Years Ago, 1954

An emergency crew of about 100 persons began to pick up and box some of the approximately 15,000 bushels of apples blown to the ground at the B. H. Wallingford orchard on Perkins Ridge by the 78-mile-an-hour winds of hurricane Carol. “About 50% of the crop was damaged,” estimated Otto Wallingford. He estimated the damage to the crop at $40,000 to $50,000.

25 Years Ago, 1979

When it comes to being blessed by the sun, Lewiston isn’t exactly Phoenix or Miami. Nevertheless, Bates College is wrapping up a solar energy project whose result will be a significant saving of natural gas – and money – and a decrease in the college’s dependence on conventional fuels. Atop the new wing of Chase Hall on the Bates campus, workers have completed the installation of 53 solar panels; each nearly 20 square feet in area. Thirty-two panels are visible from the ground, mounted on a mansard roof at the rear of Chase Hall.