100 years ago, 1911

Adelard Ritchie was arrested by Officer Rivard of the Lewiston police force  Saturday, on complaint of his wife, who alleges that he threw her out of the window of their home at 84 Hines Alley. He was arrested at the Lewiston City Park.

50 years ago, 1961

One of the largest crowds ever to line Lewiston’s streets turned out yesterday afternoon in near perfect weather to ogle and cheer the city’s Centennial Grand Parade, a two-hour show of floats depicting past years, horse-drawn wagons and buggies, Civil Defense and National Guard vehicles, beauty queens and dignitaries, and snappy marching units.

Police estimated nearly 100,000 persons jammed sidewalks and other vantage points along Lisbon, Birch, Main, Sabattus streets and Central Avenue.

25 years ago, 1986

The calendar says it will be summer until autumn arrives next Tuesday, but the mountains of western Maine were wearing their winter coats yesterday morning.

Saddleback Mountain in Rangeley had the deepest accumulation, 6 inches, followed closely by Sugarloaf Mountain in Carrabassett Valley, with 5 inches of snow, according to National Weather Service technician Charlie Smith. He said the heaviest snowfall was above 4,000 foot elevation on mountains in western Maine and northern New Hampshire.