100 years ago, 1912
POUNDING ROCKS FOR $1.75 A DAY. Half a dozen men employed by the Lewiston Public Works Department to break rocks for the stone crusher at the southern section of the city have struck for higher pay, demanding an increase of 25 cents. Their present pay is $1.75 a day. It is the duty of the men to blast in the ledge and break up the pieces sufficiently so they can be placed in the stone crusher. They work all day in the sun and heat and claim they are entitled to $2 per day. An official of the street department says that the work will not be seriously handicapped by the strike.

50 years ago, 1962
The Lewiston Gas Light Co. has dug up a few sections of Bartlett Street, only days after the Lewiston Public Works Department resurfaced the street. It was reported today that the aldermen’s late budget did not allow the gas company or the Public Works Department to plan work in the area, hence the necessity to dig up the area now. A company source said some gas services to buildings on Bartlett Street were not allowing enough gas to enter the buildings.

25 years ago, 1987
About 40 people, including local attorneys, judges and their families, attended a dedication ceremony Wednesday afternoon at the Androscoggin County Law Library, which has been named after the late Thomas E. Delahanty. The audience heard speeches from Alan Stone, president of the county bar association; Robert Hark, a member of the bar’s library committee; and Justice Donald Webber. “He would always take the time to help us out in our careers,” Stone said of the relationship between Delahany and local attorneys. Delahanty died in February 1985.