100 years ago, 1915
Lewiston’s municipal lighting plant has a bigger task to perform than the machinery is able to do, according to Supt. Guimond, who made such complaint to the city clerk, Monday. Carrying the lights for the street systems and the public halls at the same time is too big a preposition and the capacity of the plant should be increased. The Ariel club cabaret show with the hundreds of colored electric lights, caused trouble at the station a week ago and Supt. Guimond came to the city building to see whether an unusual supply of electricity would be needed for the dairymen’s meeting Monday night.

50 years ago, 1965
An Auburn man’s car was returned to him early this morning even before he realized it was missing. Officer Leon Gilbert of Auburn police was traveling along Court Street shortly before 2 o’clock when he observed an automobile parked on the railroad tracks. The law officer removed the car from the railroad tracks and radioed police headquarters to check the registration for ownership. He discovered that the vehicle was owned by a Hampshire Street resident. Gilbert checked with the man and learned that the he had parked the car in the yard at about 10 p.m. Police reported that the keys were still in the ignition switch when the vehicle was recovered.

25 years ago, 1990
Sonic booms may have caused the tremors reported to police about 9:30 a.m. Thursday morning by many people in several towns of Androscoggin, Cumberland and Oxford counties. Although two U.S. Air Force spokesmen said they could not confirm by videotape reviews that sonic booms did occur, one of them acknowledged that “doesn’t mean there wasn’t one.” Air Force officials did verify that three Air Force fighter jets — an F-15 and two F-16s — engaged in high altitude air combat training maneuvers over both Vermont and New Hampshire during the time area police were receiving reports of windows, doors and cabinets shaking.

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