100 years ago, 1912
Advertised Tuesday specials at The Mohican Company, Lewiston. Sword Fish, 14 cents per pound; Tinkers, twelve and one-half cents per pound; lamb chops, twelve and one-half cents per pound; frankforts, two pounds for 25 cents; new beets, three cents per pound; native cabbage, two cents per pound; rye bread, four cents a loaf; fresh gathered eggs, 27 cents per dozen; toilet paper rolls, medium, nine for 25 cents; early June peas, 11 cents per can.

50 years ago, 1962
Dr. and Mrs. Walter Lawrence of Bardwell Street, Lewiston, leave Sunday for Zurich, Switzerland, traveling with a group of American scientists enroute to visit industrial installations on the Continent. Between Sept. 2 and 8, they will be in London for the First International Conference on Pollution Research in which several European countries are to participate. Dr. Lawrence is head of the chemistry department at Bates College. He has dealt with Maine pollution problems since 1947 as Androscoggin River administrator.

25 years ago, 1987
The Lewiston Planning Board unanimously approved final plans Tuesday for Pond Ridge Acres, a development of 32 single-family homes to be built along No Name Pond. Lewiston Development Group plans to develop 99 of 120 acres in the area, including the construction of a 3,400-foot street. Several residents who own summer homes on the pond expressed concern for the future of its water quality and access to a common beach. One of the major features of the subdivision, according to City Planning Director Debrah J. Richard, is a conservation easement that greatly restricts activity within a wide area abutting the pond.