100 years ago, 1912

Every car of the Lewiston, Augusta and Waterville street railway came to a stop at exactly 2:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, and remained motionless for five minutes out of respect to ex-Gov. Hill whose funeral was just commencing at Augusta. No matter where the cars happened to be at the time, every conductor was ordered to stop his car at 2:30 and the motormen were directed to make up the time on the same trip. Ex-Gov. Hill was a director of the road.

50 years ago, 1962
Eileen O’Brien, a seventh-grade pupil at St. Joseph’s School, Lewiston, is the new Twin Cities’ parochial schools’ spelling champion. The 11-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John M. O’Brien won over 17 other contestants at Holy Cross parish hall.

25 years ago, 1987
Reports circulated that Lewiston is being considered for a proposed L.L. Bean telecommunications center. Lewiston, Augusta, Bangor and Scarborough are being considered by the Freeport sporting and camping gear firm for a second high-tech sales office that would provide 100 to 125 full-time telemarketing jobs. An additional 300 to 325 jobs during the Christmas season would be created. Bean’s already has a sizeable operation in Lewiston that includes the manufacture of perhaps its best known product: the Maine Hunting Shoe, better known as Bean boots. The company rents some 300,000 square feet of warehouse space from Bates Fabrics Inc. and another 40,000 to 50,000 square feet for manufacturing.