100 years ago, 1916
Daniel Fitzgerald of Boston, is in Lewiston in the interests of the American Fireworks Co., to see if his company can get the contract to supply the fireworks at Lewiston’s Fourth of July celebration. Mr. Fitzgerald had charge of the fire works display at the State fair a few years ago.

50 years ago, 1966
Cows this year are taking to the highway. Another cow complaint was received at the Auburn police station early this morning This one came in at 12:57 a.m. and was made by an Auburn cabbie who said the animal was standing in the middle of Court Street, near Park Avenue. Police notified the owner and the cow was returned to pasture.

25 years ago, 1991
An environmental education program unique to the Lewiston-Auburn public school systems has recently received national recognition for excellence. Naturalist-in-the-Classroom has been selected to receive the Search for Success Award from Renew America, a non-profit organization based in Washington D.C. that compiles and disseminates information on solutions to America’s environmental problems. Naturalist-in-the-Classroom was
initiated in 1987 by Susan Hayward, naturalist at Thorncrag Bird Sanctuary, and Susan Martin, principal at Farwell School in Lewiston, as an innovative grant from the Maine State Department of Education. This program provides natural history education to all fourth-graders in the city, using teacher training, classroom time and three seasonal field trips to Thorncrag. Food webs, pond studies and winter tracking and adaptation are among the topics discussed.

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