100 years ago, 1911

In the Auburn Municipal Court, Saturday morning, A. G. Laplante was before Judge Webber, charged with selling milk from which cream had been taken. Mr. Laplante testified that he had sold out his business on the day the sample of milk was taken. Judge Webber imposed a fine of $3 and costs of court.

50 years ago, 1961

Timothy W. Conley of Bartlett St., Lewiston postman for 48 years, officially retired yesterday. Conley has walked the Lincoln, Cedar, Canal and lower Lisbon Streets route since 1920. When asked how he felt about retiring, he said, “To tell the truth, I hate to quit and if my feet were in condition I’d go til I was 70.”

25 years ago, 1986

It was Officer Nelson Peters who radioed the final words from the old Lewiston Police Station at 8:18 a.m. Wednesday.

“(This is) 120 Park St. signing off the air, marking the end of an era,” he told patrolmen who, just after morning roll call and a few words of encouragement from Chief Gregory C. Hanscom, would begin their first day on the job away from the police department’s lifelong home in the basement of the City Building.

After 83 years of working in cramped offices and a generally dismal atmosphere, it was finally official. The city’s $1.6 million police station was open for business.