100 years ago, 1917
Work of repaving on Court street, Auburn, is steadily creeping toward the railroad track. A traffic officer is kept on the job all day and well into the night to keep teams and cars off the newly cemented paving and even then traces of automobiles can be seen as they sweep in around the lanterns before they are stopped and driven off. The work on the new sidewalks near the Elm House is also progressing as fast as the weather will allow.

50 years ago, 1967
A “super bird,” said to be a pheasant, crashed into a window in the office of the Lewiston city auditor at city hall Wednesday, breaking two panes of glass before plunging to the pavement, two stories below. Though a double combination window was broken, the bird did not penetrate an older inner window, according to City Auditor Mrs. Paulette Demers, who was sitting at her desk near the window at the time. Reports have it that the bird was taken home by an employee of the Water Department, apparently to become pheasant under glass.

25 years ago, 1992
The Lewiston City Council Tuesday authorized the creation of a Homeownership Assistance Demonstration Program that will help low- and moderate-income Lewiston residents to buy their first homes here. They funded the program with $125,000, transferring $75,000 from the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program and $50,000 from the Housing Opportunity Zone Loan Pool. The program will begin Nov. 1 and operate for one year or until the funds are exhausted. “I think it’s an exciting initiative,” Ward 1 Councilor Paul Poliquin said. “Usually federal monies are targeted to one area of the city, but this is spread out to the entire city so anyone can take advantage of it. It’s a super, super idea,” he continued.

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