100 years ago, 1913
The directors of the Lewiston Chamber of Commerce held an important meeting at the rooms of the Chamber this morning to make final arrangements for the annual outing. The date of the outing has already been fixed for Wednesday, July 9. It was voted to go to Gurnet. The Chamber will go by electrics to New Meadows, leaving Lewiston by special electrics at 8 o’clock, taking boats there for Gurnet. At Gurnet, one of Fred Maines’ celebrated clam bakes will be enjoyed, after which the members will find plenty of amusement. The boats also will be at the disposal of the crowd for a sail down the New Meadows river to visit famous Malaga Island, Cundy’s Harbor and other places of interest.

50 years ago, 1963
(Editorial) The courtesy parking ticket for out-of-state violators of twin city parking regulations makes a good deal of sense. While some local residents may be inclined to view this as “discriminatory,” it basically is sound not to alienate strangers in our midst who may have different types of parking rules in their home communities than those that prevail here. Fundamentally, the “courtesy” traffic tag is one instance where we can help our home cities by showing our willingness to give a stranger the “break” we cannot claim for ourselves.

25 years ago, 1988
Work has already begun on the Auburn Fire Department’s training building behind the fire station. Firefighters have dug test holes in preparation for construction of the two-and-a-half story building. Coordinated by Pvt. Dick Brown, firefighters are voluntarily “supplying a lot of the labor and are dong an awful lot of running around.” Firefighters have worked on their days off or during free time at the station to help with the project.