100 years ago, 1915
The large pile of cobblestones in the city hay market on Bates Street, Lewiston, leaves scant room, this season, for the wood and hay stands of the farmers. The Lewiston section of the two passenger bridges to Auburn will be repainted soon. Ice in Lake Auburn will remove itself a week from Sunday. according to Captain Rivers, the accepted authority

50 years ago, 1965
No opposition was voiced Thursday at Augusta during a legislative hearing on a bill which would have the state purchase an underwater weed cutter for the control of weed growth in lakes and ponds. Frank Geiger, president of the Sabattus Pond Association, told the committee that there is an urgent need for an underwater weed cutter and that while the problem existing in Sabattus Pond could be rectified by use of such an apparatus, it could also serve the same purpose in other bodies of water in the state.

25 years ago, 1990
(Photo Caption) Two boats, with a combined value of $40,000, were destroyed in a fire Sunday behind the Boats Unlimited building on Route 196 in Lisbon. Fire Chief Howard Ricker said both of the 23-foot Glastron boats were on fire when firefighters arrived at the 12:34 a.m. blaze. The fire “looked like it was set” in a boat owned by a Boston man, Ricker said. It then spread to the second boat, owned by a Lisbon Falls resident.

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