100 years ago, 1913
OF LOCAL INTEREST — A finer lot of horses has not been seen in Lewiston and Auburn in a long time than the carload of 18 acclimated animals shipped Thursday night to Aroostook county by Charles D. Hasty of Auburn. The horses were all fine big animals and attracted much attention as they were being taken to the train.
William B. Clothey, Fred B. Clothey, John H. Clothey, Linwood B. Timberlake and William R. Ludden, five little Auburn boys, stamped out a fire near the Advent camp grounds, Mechanic Falls, which might have grown into a forest fore and burned all the wood in that vicinity. The fire was probably set by a locomotive.

50 years ago, 1963
Everything’s up in the air again where those Memorial Armory towers are concerned. The Lewiston Finance Board last night tabled a single bid on the tower-removal project proposal and wants to talk things over with the school board before going further. “I’m not fully convinced this is the right procedure to remove those towers,” said FB member Jules G. Goudreau. The current tower plan amounts to a watered down version of original discussions that include removal of sections of all four towers for safety purposes.

25 years ago, 1988
Lewiston City Administrator Lucien B. Gosselin was named Manager of the Year Thursday by the Maine Town and City Management Association at the 43rd New England Management Institute banquet at Orono. Gosselin has been Lewiston’s city administrator since the city adopted its new charter in 1980. Prior to that, he was employed by the city’s Finance Department for 17 years, serving as controller from 1969 to 1980.

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