100 years ago, 1911

Of all the multitudinous shows that have taken to the road this summer, none are meeting with more cordial receptions, from small towns to cosmopolitan cities, as the New Downie & Wheeler’s Best Shows, introducing the stars of the world’s arenas in amazing and incredulous feats of athletic and aerial achievements. A dazzling world of bewildering sights, big, beautiful and brilliant. The Downie & Wheeler’s World’s Best Shows will exhibit at Lewiston on July 11.

50 years ago, 1961

Sidewalk crews from the Lewiston Public Works Department return to downtown Lisbon Street next week to resume reconstruction work.

The PWD doesn’t return to full operations until Tuesday, when walk work between Pine and Ash streets will begin.

Later, new sidewalks will be installed between Pine and Chestnut streets to complete the phase of the permanent street program started in 1960. The overall project will be finished after road paving has been done.

25 years ago, 1986

GREENE — Fire destroyed a sawmill at Veilleux Lumber Co. on Route 202 on Wednesday afternoon, causing an estimated $400,000 worth of damage, according to Greene Fire Chief Alden Peterson.

The fire had been burning for a half-hour before the fire department was notified due to fire-related telephone outages in the area. A passerby alerted the crew at the Lewiston substation on Main Street to the blaze and they, in turn, called the Greene Fire Department.

The fire apparently started in an electrical console in the sawmill, said Peterson.