100 years ago, 1914
Supt. Page of the Lewiston fire and police signal systems is up against a snag in complying with the mandates of the city council that the wooden poles carrying the over-head wires on Lisbon street be removed and the wires placed on the ornamental poles. The wooden poles from Cedar to Pine street must be removed say the mayor and aldermen. Supt. Page has found that the ornamental poles aren’t conveniently located to carry the signal wires. The wires will in all probability be run thru the alley back of Lisbon street.

50 years ago, 1964
An open house on Saturday of next week in the newly-finished fourth floor section of St. Mary’s General Hospital, Lewiston, will officially mark the completion of the new wing at the hospital … an end to work started some four years ago. The new section is on the Campus Avenue side facing the Marcotte Nursing Home. The new wing, which has a 32-bed capacity, will be used mainly for female patients, and will take on overflow patients from the maternity department when that section is at maximum capacity. There are on the new floor, four private rooms, ten semi-private rooms, and two four-bed wards.

25 years ago, 1989
The Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments will unveil the final version of a tourism plan for the western lakes and mountains regions Wednesday at Bates College. A year in the making, the plan contains strategies to address development, management and promotional opportunities in the region, which includes greater Lewiston-Auburn, Rangeley, the Carrabassett Valley, Oxford Hills and Sebago Lake. Paid for with money from the Maine Office of Tourism, the plans are intended to promote tourism in non-coastal sections of the state. The plan will be discussed by a 24-member Tourism Advisory Committee. The Committee, consisting of businesspeople, conservationists and public officials from around the region, has been working with AVCOG staff on the plan since last fall.