100 years ago, 1913
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST — Hikes planned for Saturday by the Lewiston Boy Scouts and the Camp Fire Girls have been postponed on account of the rain.
Lots of people who have just bought autos are out taking lessons. Main Street in Lewiston seems to be a favorite stretch with the motorists.

50 years ago, 1963
Residents of the Garfield and Mechanic Falls roads area of Auburn were cautioned today by Major Milton W. Purington of the Maine National Guard to keep their children away from the rifle range on the Garfield Road. It was reported that some children were seen at the old mess hall located there and the building is in a dangerous condition. Part of the old mess hall collapsed under a load of heavy snow this winter and the building had not been removed or repaired. Part of the tin roof had been flying around in recent high winds.

25 years ago, 1988
An environmental group’s claims that the ash landfill and incinerator are directly responsible for health problems and should be shut down are ridiculous, city officials said Monday. “I think it’s absurd,” Auburn City Manager Paula R. Valente said of the demand and the group’s claims. The city’s incinerator and landfill and Sterling Engineered Products Inc. were all named in the Maine People’s Alliance list of “Terrible Ten” polluters, but the group’s methods are dubious, officials said. During a press conference at the entrance road to the landfill, members of the coalition gathered around posters and made brief speeches before reporters and a photographer.