100 years ago, 1916
The strike at the Field Bros. & Gross Co., factory in Auburn is still unsettled. Deputy Labor Commissioner Donnelly and Alden Flagg of Auburn of the Board of Arbitration, were in conference yesterday afternoon. Employes in other departments of the factory and new help in the lasting department, quit work yesterday and in the afternoon attended the strikers mass meeting. It is claimed that now more than 100 people are involved in the strike, with indications that this number will be greatly increased in the next few days, unless an agreement is reached whereby the men may return to their work.

50 years ago, 1966
One of the worst traffic jams in the history of the City of Auburn was experienced today … at Edward Little High School! ELHS Principal Alfred N. Savignano, at 7:50 this morning, called Auburn police for assistance in unsnarling a traffic jam that threatened to plug up a large portion of the Goff Hill area of Auburn. Savignano reported that some 500 cars were at a standstill on access roads around the high school complex as employes of the Auburn Highway Department worked feverishly to clear a snow-clogged parking lot.

25 years ago, 1991
Over the next several months the slate Department of Environmental Protection will be reviewing two applications that, if approved, will lead to a substantial expansion in the city’s retail base. Tim Bruce, a spokesman for Equity Properties, owner of the Auburn Mall, said Friday the company is looking for the necessary environmental approvals needed for a 186,000- square-foot expansion announced in 1989. Bruce said plans for the Auburn Mall call for adding one major department store, but he declined to be specific, saying the developers are “still looking and talking to several prospects.” He also said the expansion would likely hold 15 to 20 additional mall shops.

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