100 years ago, 1915
Nearly 2,000 suggestions for naming the square, Main and Lisbon streets, Lewiston, in the Journal contest, were returned before the time limit expired, Thursday noon. Mails in the afternoon brought many replies but these according to the rules were thrown away. The exact number is 1838. The City Editor will present the list of suggestions each identified by a number to Mayer Brann who conceived the idea and to the person that suggested for the first time the name chosen, the $10 in gold will be given.

50 years ago, 1965
(PHOTO CAPTION) WMTW-TV at Poland Spring tries a new television system with Friday’s inauguration of Channel 3 use. A translator station, which will transmit all programs from Channel 8 to Channel 3, is installed atop the Auburn Savings Bank building in Auburn. The new facilities will enable residents in the downtown areas of Lewiston, Auburn and New Auburn to receive a clearer picture of the Channel 8 programs. In the top photo, television station owner Jack Paar, a TV star, is pictured with station chief engineer Parker H. Vincent at the translator pack which will provide the improved reception. In the lower photo, the three 40-foot antennas that will transmit the programming in the Twin City area are pictured as they stand high above the bank building.

25 years ago, 1990
The Auburn Planning Board Tuesday recommended approval of an ordinance amendment which would ban political signs from public rights-of-way. The change does not affect signs placed on private property. The amendment, which will now return to the City Council for action, ends the exception in the city sign ordinance which formerly allowed political signs, but not commercial advertising, to be placed in traffic circles, median strips and other public property for up to a month before an election. Planning Director James McPhee said the proposed amendment results from public complaints about the proliferation of signs which cluttered city streets during the past election.

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