100 years ago, 1917
Among the interesting musical and social affairs scheduled for the latter part of this month in the monster benefit concert and ball in city hall, Jan. 30, for the Lewiston Musicians’ Association. Music will to furnished by a band of 75 men and it is planned to make the concert one of the best ever given by home talent. Dancing will follow the program and a most delightful time is being anticipated by hundreds of people.

50 years ago, 1967
Living in Mechanic Falls may feel as good as winning the lottery, for the town is abolishing its property taxes for the first six months of this year. The tax moratorium, which could make Mechanic Falls the envy of many other municipalities, was made public Wednesday during the first of a series of administrative meetings on the 1992 municipal budget. The windfall has its roots more than a dozen years ago, when townspeople set aside taxpayer funds in escrow to cover six-month carryover expenses whenever the town’s fiscal year changed from a calendar year to one beginning July 1. That shift occurs this year; the town’s fiscal year 1993 begins July 1. Town Manager Dana K. Lee estimated that the fund now totals just over $500,000, including accrued interest.

25 years ago, 1992
Assurance that Wallace Parochial School of St. Patrick’s parish will reopen this coming fall was given Sunday by Rev. Daniel J. Hagerty, the pastor, who announced that the Sisters of Mercy will staff the school next September. The future of the school has been in question since the announcement was made several weeks ago of the withdrawal of the Sisters of the Congregation de Notre Dame from Lewiston at the end of the school year. Six religious will teach at the school, which already has two lay teachers on its faculty.

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