100 years ago, 1916
It was made known yesterday Lilac Frank E. “Bo” Kennedy, Bates ’17, has resigned as coach of the ELHS football team. His resignation is due to an objection made by Coach Parks of the Bates football squad who feels that the whole attention of Kennedy is needed in connection with football at the college. During the few days that he has had charge of the squad, the men have improved greatly and his resignation is a source of regret at the Auburn school. Although no real choice has been made for a man to take Kennedy’s place, it is understood that Paul J. Cloutier, city auditor of Lewiston will be the man. Cloutier has had considerable experience in playing the game

50 years ago, 1966
Thirty-four Sun-Journal newsboys will be watching from the sidelines when the fired-up Boston Patriots take on the rugged San Diego Chargers, the Western Division leaders, in an important American Football League game Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park, Boston. The carriers will be guests of the Sun-Journal as winners in a recently concluded contest. A chartered bus will take the youths to Boston, leaving Lewiston at 9 a.m. The game will be telecast in color. Following the game, the carriers will have dinner at Yoken’s Restaurant at Portsmouth, N.H., where similar groups have stopped on several occasions in past years.

25 years ago, 1991
In the wake of the Lewiston Housing Task Force’s recent report outlining the city’s housing problems, the City Council will host a joint session Tuesday with the Lewiston Housing Authority. “It’s kind of a historic meeting,” said City Administrator Robert Mulready. The council wants to encourage the authority to “be one of the lead agencies if not the lead agency” in assuring everyone here has “safe, decent housing.” The task force’s report, released in September after two years of study, found problems ranging from homelessness and near-homelessness to home buyers who are priced out of the local market.

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