100 years ago, 1913
It is understood that the question of Sunday performances at the Lewiston theatres is being discussed by the local pastors and the matter will be brought up at the meeting of the Lewiston and Auburn Pastors’ Union, Monday. This question has been discussed before, but no public protest has been made of late by the clergymen. The theatres under discussion have moving pictures and music Sunday evenings.

50 years ago, 1963
Twelve of 13 sore-footed high school students from Casco and Windham were sitting on the Lewiston side of the North Bridge this afternoon, after walking more than 25 miles to the Twin Cities, debating whether to walk, or ride back, to Casco. The youngsters are all students of a former Auburn resident, Benjamin Letendre, a Casco High School teacher. The idea of the jaunt originated when the class discussed the President’s physical fitness program, and the teacher suggested that they couldn’t, for instance, walk to Auburn. They set out around 5:30 a.m. and arrived shortly after noon.

25 years ago, 1988
Plans for 9,000 square feet of self-storage space at the former Bible Speaks Church site on Turner Street, Auburn, were rejected 5-1 Tuesday by the Planning Board which said the use would be inconsistent with existing zoning. “I would like to see this land developed to this type of venture but not while it’s Low Density Country Residential,” member Dennis Spofford said. Paul Choate, who made the motion to reject the site plan review of Lake View Storage proposed by developer Daniel Lajoie, said three 3,000-square-foot buildings on the property would create too great of an impact in the residential zone.