100 years ago, 1912
Few people, except those who live in that section of Lewiston, realize what a commodious and beautiful convent is being completed at the corner of Bates and Birch streets for the Dominican Sisters, connected with St. Peter’s Church. The convent is of brick, four stories high, beside the basement. On the first “floor” is located a chapel, which is large for a building of this kind. This chapel is two stories high and is treated in the Gothic style, with a groined ceiling and two-thirds columns.

50 years ago, 1962
(Photo Caption) Plaidland, the redemption store for Plaid trading stamps, opened its doors at 215 Maine St., Lewiston, officially Tuesday morning. The manager of the new trading stamp store is Lawrence Raymond of Lewiston, formerly the office manager of the L.K. Reichert Shoe Co. of Auburn. The new store is the space once occupied by the Mohican Market, located at the address for many years. According to Raymond, the store employs one other person in addition to himself.

25 years ago, 1987
Lewiston native Walter Case, Jr., driving Cretan Thunder, drove a tactical race in winning Sunday’s $25,000 Leonard Pooler Memorial Pace at Lewiston Raceway. A record 4,167 fans watched Case take the lead at the eighth pole on the way to a 1:58.4 victory. That time fell short of the track record of 1:57.3, which was set by Kesons Beau last fall. Kesons Beau, who returned to defend his record, finished sixth Sunday.