100 years ago, 1914
A half acre of ice, detached from the main pack by the fierce north winds, has floated to the southeast shores of Lake Auburn, where it has stranded on the rocks or torn up the lattice-work of cottages. It shows about seven inches in thickness of clear and about six inches of honeycombed ice. Experts on Lake Auburn say that it is impossible even to guess at the time when the lake may be free. Warm south winds might work wonders. A few hot days, might do it but at this rate it will be well into May before it goes. Mere north winds won’t do it.

50 years ago, 1964
(Photo caption) Damage resulting from an underground sewer blast Thursday afternoon is shown in the top photo in the yard of the Eastern States Farmers’ Exchange warehouse off Academy Street. Pavement ripped up by the blast damaged two cars in the yard but no one was injured in the explosion. In the bottom photo, Auburn youngsters view a manhole cover which was thrown a distance of about 50 feet from the rear of Dick’s Transfer Service, Academy Street, onto the Maine Central Railroad tracks. Covers were lifted as far away as Moulton Field on the east side of High Street and back to a filling station on Minot Avenue.

25 years ago, 1989
An apparent burglary attempt at Leavitt High School in Turner was frustrated early Monday morning when the intruders set off an alarm. SAD 52 business manager Scott Vaitones said the school suffered about $1,000 in damages from glass doors broken in the burglary attempt. He said the alarm was tripped at about 1 a.m. The intruders had fled the scene before police arrived. Vaitones said nothing appeared to have been stolen.