100 years ago, 1912
A RECORD DAY IN LEWISTON COURT.  A total of 23 arrests were made for intoxication over Sunday. None of the respondents were placed on probation as most of them were ordered to leave Lewiston. A man was in court as the result of a raid at his cigar shop on Park Street, near the corner of Ash. The stuff seized included 30 quart bottles of beer and five quarts of whiskey. This is the first time the deputies have found beer in full quart bottles, says one of the deputies.

50 years ago, 1962
Members of Lewiston’s Urban Renewal Committee meeting jointly with the Citizen’s Advisory Committee of Urban Renewal decided last night that too much emphasis has been placed on minor controversial issues and the possible creation of downtown parking facilities rather than on the broader aims of urban renewal.

25 years ago, 1987
A 78-year-old city man foiled an attempted robbery Monday afternoon when he pointed an air rifle at the man trying to hold him up. Porter Clark of 9 Oak St. Auburn, told police he opened the door when his doorbell rang and a man stuck his foot in the door and pointed a black revolver, which Clark said may have been a toy.
“I reached behind the door and picked up my air rifle and pointed it in his face,” Clark said. “I figured I’d show him my gun since he was showing me his.” He said the man pushed the rifle away and fled.