100 years ago, 1917
Mayor Charles P. Lemaire, chief of police by virtue of the authority reposed in his office by the city charter, took active charge of the department at nine o’clock Tuesday morning. Benjamin Keegan, former captain of night police and acting chief of police at the mayor’s designation when the courts declared the emergency clause in the police bill invalid, was retained at headquarters as assistant to the mayor-chief. The mayor waited at the entrance to City Treasurer Hale’s office and when, the treasurer came in, said “Do not pay any policemen until further notice. I have vetoed the order,” (meaning the order to pay all police, passed last night). “And don’t pay any of the other bills, etc., connected with the repairs in city hall. I vetoed that order, too.”

50 years ago, 1967
(Editorial) Support for the $4,500,000 bond issue which would make possible construction of another very badly needed bridge between Lewiston and Auburn continues to grow, not only in the Twin Cities, which are immediately affected, but also around the state, and this is most encouraging. While much credit for this must go to the committee organized to secure as many “yes” votes as possible throughout the state, the need for a third bridge is obvious and this in itself will do much to bring about approval.

25 years ago, 1992
Park and Lisbon streets in Lewiston lost power Thursday afternoon when an underground transformer failed, shutting down some businesses and stranding one person in an elevator. The power went out just before 3:30 p.m. and was restored to most customers within about an hour. Some customers, however, remained in the dark throughout the evening while a line crew worked to replace the transformer. The replacement job was expected to take until about 1 a.m. Friday.

The material in Looking Back is reproduced exactly as it originally appeared, although misspellings and errors made at that time may be corrected.