100 years ago, 1915
Francis, the sign painter called the Lewiston Journal, Thursday morning to announce that if there was a place where a sign could be placed on Union square, he would donate a first class one for the purpose. The offer was made known to Mayor Brann. His honor felt that a good sized illuminated sign should be used. In connection with this it has been suggested that it would be a good idea to make the sign do double duty of a traffic monument and a designation sign. This could be accomplished by placing it in the center of the square, between the various car tracks, and requiring all traffic to pass it on the right hand side.

50 years ago, 1965
The 1966 drive for membership to the Auburn Ski Association is now underway. The Ski Association’s purpose is to help promote the Auburn Recreational ski program. Mrs. Alice Thompson stated that last year 500 elementary students received free instruction from the association members. The money received from the membership drive is used for the purchasing of new equipment for the schools in Auburn who are sponsoring ski teams. This year the association is trying to get additional skiing time at Lost Valley, for the purpose of practice, in addition to the regular practice sponsored by the Auburn Schools.

25 years ago, 1990
The Auburn City Council has given department heads two months to come up with a report detailing the pros and cons of a proposal that would ban the city from accepting new roads in future residential subdivisions. The request came out of a workshop session last week when Ward 1 Councilor George Mottram said the city should not accept future dead-end streets in subdivisions because of higher plowing and maintenance costs. But the proposal changed to a possible ban on accepting any future streets after officials told Mottram that the city already requires developers now to build dead-end streets with turn-arounds for plows, and said sometimes the streets are the only way possible for developing an area.

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