100 years ago, 1912
“Two feet of water is left in the lakes which is enough to take care of us for two months without the ordinary precipitations,” says Walter H. Sawyer, agent of the Union Water Power Co. and of the Androscoggin Reservoir Co. This is welcome news for Auburn and Lewiston. All winter the canal has been running full to the brim, giving every Lewiston mill all the water it wanted, a condition that has not existed for a number of years. The amount of water on hand now with the ordinary amount of rainfall will keep the mills running on steady time this summer.

50 years ago, 1962
The splendid spring-like “thaw” has raised havoc with Lewiston roads. Water trouble from the rapid melting process has perhaps already caused several hundred dollars in damage throughout the city. High snow banks still line most of the streets and they are covering up catch basins, preventing a natural drainage situation.

25 years ago, 1987
Lewiston city councilors managed to trim $8,020 Monday from a proposed $19.2 million municipal spending plan, though the evening’s work session again ended with angry outbursts and councilors walking out.
“I’m fed up with you. I’m fed up with all of this,” Ward 6 Councilor Paul A. Couture yelled at Mayor Alfred A. Plourde as he walked to a trash can and threw out his 250-page budget document.