100 years ago, 1912
May 1912 will go down in the annuals of the Lewiston Fire Department as a remarkable month. Thruout the 31 days, not a single bell alarm from a box has been sounded in the city. Four chief calls have been rung in and 23 telephone calls have come to the fire stations. The chemical was called to the home of Harry Stetson, 52 Wood St., Friday afternoon to extinguish a fire that worked its way into the ceiling and floor between the first and second stories. The fire, which was caused by an overheated gas stove in the kitchen of the second floor, caused quite a little damage. The house is owned by Mr. Stetson, who is a member of the fire commission.

50 years ago, 1962
Auburn City Manager Woodbury E. Brackett, a member of the Lewiston-Auburn Joint Airport Committee, today stated he had no knowledge of a report that Northeast Airlines would drop all Maine flights by June 15. “This is all news to me,” Brackett said in a telephone interview, “but I wouldn’t be surprised at anything by Northeast. They’re doing their level best to get rid of the whole thing.”

25 years ago, 1987
Residents of the Lisbon Street area between Garnett and Androscoggin avenues will see an effort to preserve their Ward 5 neighborhoods under the city’s proposed Comprehensive Land Use Plan. Instead of zoning most of Lisbon Street for commercial uses, planners propose that that area of Ward 5, including Hackett, Coburn and Arkwright streets, be rezoned Neighborhood Conservation A. The newly created zone is designed to preserve established neighborhoods and encroaching development.