100 years ago,1910

S. E. Folkins has been busy in Lewiston for several weeks picking brown tail moth nests. He finished the Bates campus Wednesday. He is now at work on trees and orchards in that vicinity. He has taken a contract to do similar work at Bowdoin campus. He says this is the best time of the year to do the work before the deep snow comes.

50 years ago, 1960

A section of Blake Street was made one-way to traffic yesterday by Lewiston Police Chief Roland C. Amnott.

Until further notice, only northerly traffic will be allowed between Oak and Main streets. The direction is from Oak to Main.

Firemen use this street as a fire route to the northern areas of the city and the banning of two-way traffic is aimed at preventing possible congestion. The street has been narrowed by snow piled on each side. Amnott said he put the one-way system into effect there at the request of the fire department.

25 years ago, 1985

Seeking to “fill the gaps” in services available to mentally ill people in the Lewiston-Auburn area, a coalition of local mental-health agencies has been awarded state funds to start a new social center where the mentally ill can find companionship and recreation when regular service agencies are closed.

The Area IV Mental Health Coalition plans to open the new facility at 100 Pine St., Lewiston, by the end of February, said the group’s president, Kelsey Orestis.