100 years ago, 1914
Nothing on the surface at the Lewiston police station would token that Chief McCarron and George R. Hall, recently appointed, consider each the Chief, for McCarron is the recognized head. Unless something new breaks he will remain until the formal procedure of the courts make a settlement. Formal notice to vacate the office was served upon Chief McCarron by Hall late Wednesday afternoon. McCarron, however, appears to have made up his mind to stick until quo warranto proceedings oust him if such should happen. The mills of justice grind exceedingly slow or something to that effect and the chances are that the question of who’s who at police headquarters will be unanswered for several months if nothing except appeal to the court is done. Quo warranto which amounts to “why are you there” writ returnable at the April term of the supreme court will be served upon McCarron. An appeal to the law court would further string the affair along until August or perhaps September, say those familiar with court procedure.

50 years ago, 1964
A 13-year-old Lewiston boy, for the second consecutive year, has bagged himself a bobcat. Lucien Berry son of Mr. and Mrs. Lucien T. Berry of the Lewiston Fairgrounds, killed the animal at East Sumner early Monday morning. The youth reported that he bagged the animal, which tipped the scales at 17 pounds, with a 20-gauge shotgun.

25 years ago, 1989
The City of Auburn has succeeded in its efforts to obtain a clear title to the Goldthwaite Road land where the energy resource recovery plant stands, a situation that had posed a stumbling block to renovating the technically deficient facility. Negotiations were concluded with the former Sterling Engineered Products Inc., the nearby plastics firm that held several provisions in a contract allowing it to seize the city plant under certain conditions. The quit claim deed, signed both by Sterling and the company’s new owner, Pioneer Plastics Inc., gives up the manufacturing firm’s rights to take control of the steam plant from the city. Obtaining clear title to the land was necessary before financing could be obtained by a regional public firm, Mid-Maine Waste Action Corp., to undertake a $25 million renovation project at the incineration plant.