100 years ago, 1910

George Dobbins, proprietor of the New Auburn fish market, has bought the stock and fixtures of G. E. Black’s fish market on Middle Street, Lewiston. Mr. Black will return to Bath where he will engage in the wholesale fish business during the winter.

50 years ago, 1960

Lewiston city building janitor Albert E. Elie taught two teenage girls a lesson last night.

Elie caught the girls writing on a restroom wall with lipstick. With police backing, he went to his workroom, grabbed some steel wool, gave it to the girls and told them to start scrubbing.

The red-faced girls found that lipstick goes onto a wall a lot easier than it comes off.

25 years ago, 1985

A request from Mac’s Variety Inc.,  220 Court St., to enlarge its lawfully nonconforming building is among four appeals to be heard by the Auburn Zoning Board of Appeals Tuesday night.

The owners of Mac’s, a store located in the general business zone, want to construct a rear-door vestibule and a cooler, which would extend beyond the existing rear building line.

A  variance is required because the zoning ordinance specifies that nonconforming, nonresidential buildings may not be extended or enlarged otherwise.