100 years ago, 1912
Carpenters and painters are still busy at Lake Grove, Auburn, where many alterations are taking place this season. Although the people are visiting the grove these warm days, the season does not really open until next week. The first performance of 1912 will be Monday afternoon when Managers Gray and McDonough will present the “Alabama Troubadors,” appearing in the circuit of J.W. Gorman company. This act will be given through the week and then will probably follow a week of musical comedy. The stage and dressing rooms of the Lake Grove open-air theatre have been moved back toward the car tracks and additional seats, which will be reserved, have been installed on a natural slope. This gives a seating capacity of about 1,200.

50 years ago, 1962
Members of the Sabattus Pond Association and representatives of the State Legislature Research Committee toured the Sabattus Pond area yesterday in a check of the yearly weed problem to seek positive action to end that problem. About 200 persons took the tour and a discussion period which followed. It was agreed that the thickness of the weeds during the hot summer months was not only a health menace, but also a hazard to life as it was pointed out one person drowned when he became entangled in the weeds.

25 years ago, 1987
Graduates of Central Maine Vocation Technical Institute in Auburn are doing well in the job market. Overall, 88 percent of CMVTI’s 131 graduates were placed in jobs in fields related to their courses of study, acting director Richard H. Lee Jr. said. He expected many of the remaining 12 percent to find work during the summer.