100 years ago, 1914
(Editorial) Court street hill, Auburn, from Goff street to the top should be oiled! If it is not, residents thereon will die of dust. Either this, or a. strict embargo must be put against automobiling. This hill is used as an automobile try-out. Every new car tries the hill “on high.” Dust clouds sweep away behind them. The hill can not by sprinkled because horses will not stand for it. The city should oil it. Every progressive city oils some of its streets. It is an old-fogy, old-fashioned plan not to oil such streets as this. It costs little and it makes the difference between decency and indecency. Oil Court street hill.

50 years ago, 1964
A Lewiston textile executive has been awarded a U.S. Patent for a machine he invented which, it is claimed, produces finished and piled pillow slips efficiently, with high productive capacity, necessitating little maintenance and not requiring skilled operators. Joseph E. Gastonguay, manager of the Lewiston division of the Pepperell Mfg. Co., is the inventor of the machine which, in three steps, produces finished pillow slips from either rolled or folded stock. The patent description of the machine points out that the device is composed of three sections, the first of which receives the fabric from a roll, folds it and aligns and sews the edges, making a tube of cloth which is cut into predetermined lengths in the second section of the machine. In the final section of the machine one end of the cut-off tube is sewn producing the finished goods which are automatically stacked in piles of pre-determined count.

25 years ago, 1989
Eugene R. Keene, a 20-year assistant superintendent of the city parks and recreation department and civic leader has been named Auburn Citizen of the Year by the Auburn Business Association. Keene, a volunteer in more than six local groups, has served on city boards, education groups and is a team manager and hoard member of the Auburn Suburban Little League. The business association awarded Keene the annual honor Thursday night. Keene is involved in a number of youth groups, including serving as a committee member of Boy Scout Troop 111, he is also director of the western Maine 7-8 grade football league.