100 years ago, 1915
Among the passengers on the steamer Vaderland, which reached Portland from Liverpool by way of Halifax this morning, were two Belgian refugees, bound for Lewiston to join their aunt, Mrs. Jean Heutz of Middle street. They were Miss Harriet Fagard and Emil Gendeneyade. Miss Fagard’s home is in Liege, which was sacked by the Germans at the beginning of the war.

50 years ago, 1965
The bid of Wiley Construction Co. of Scarborough, the low bidder at $447,894 for construction of the Central Maine Vocational Technical Institute in Auburn, was approved Wednesday by the Governor’s Executive Council for acceptance. Wiley was the lowest of nine bidders on the project. Funds for the school were appropriated by the 101st Maine Legislature and approved in a state-wide referendum. The action by the Executive Council allows William T. Logan Jr., Maine’s education commissioner, to sign the contract with the Scarborough firm for construction of the new school buildings on the site of the former Auburn City Farm. At present the vocational school is operating in temporary quarters in the former Lewiston Buick Building. Classes started there last September. The new buildings for the school were designed by Auburn architect Deane M. Woodward.

25 years ago, 1990
Crews from Channel 10, WCBB, were in Lisbon Falls last week taping a segment for its weekly “Made in Maine” series, produced by Mark Ireland, which will be aired on Feb. 22 at 8:30 p.m. WCBB taped the manufacturing process of one of Lisbon’s newest businesses, New England Audio Resource, located at 679 Lisbon Road, Lisbon Falls. The company manufactures specialty loudspeaker systems for consumer and commercial use and sells to retailers and contractors, said president Bill Kieltyka. Formerly based in Connecticut, the company moved to Lisbon in September and now employs six people.

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