100 years ago, 1912
Without chains and over muddy roads, the Stanley five-passenger touring car owned by B.H. Dingley of Auburn and driven by M.E. Abbott of Winchester, Mass., formerly of Auburn, made a record for endurance and speed Thursday which is likely to go unsurpassed for a long time. The car, filled to capacity, made the trip from Boston to Auburn in eight hours. “It was a noticeable fact,” stated Mr. Abbott, “that the further we left Boston the worse became the roads. And those roads out by Danville Junction, why they were like asphalt compared with the dreaded Clay Bank hill in Auburn.” He said three attempts were made to made that hill.

50 years ago, 1962
Two Auburn teenagers were reprimanded by Auburn police yesterday for starting a fire at Cleveland Field, using Auburn Recreation and Parks Department benches for fire wood. A nearby resident notified police, who responded and apprehended the youths in back of a house where they’d fled on arrival of police. The youths, aged 13 and 14, were taken home and their parents advised of their activities.

25 years ago, 1987
Vandals tampering with road signs “will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law,” said Chairman of the Sabattus Board of Selectmen Monday night. Over a dozen signs were pulled out of the ground this week alone. The signs, which cost up to $200, are sometimes found discarded along the road or in a stream.