100 years ago, 1917
The sugar famine in Lewiston-Auburn was a little relieved Tuesday morning — very little, and yet it was possible to get sugar by dint of perseverance. “We have received 100 pounds this week,” said one lending grocer. “It comes in small lots and we never know when we are to get any more. There isn’t quite such an absolute famine here as there was a few days ago, but the situation is still serious. In some New England cities there is plenty of sugar. I understand in others the supply is as limited as it is here.”

50 years ago, 1967
A hearing on the proposed repair of a bridge at Mechanic Falls will be held next week by the Androscoggin County Commission in cooperation with the selectmen of that community, it was decided today. The Commission received a letter from Edward Sawyer, Mechanic Falls town manager, in which the problem was outlined. Sawyer told the Commission that the bridge, known as Pages Mills Bridge, was closed this summer due to what was termed the extremely poor condition of the span. The Mechanic Falls official also reported that the Town Council later received a petition from 170 residents of the community asking that the bridge be re-opened.

25 years ago, 1992
A more in-depth study on upgrading Lewiston-Auburn’s sewage treatment facility to handle a proposed paper recycling plant could cost $100.000. That was the cost estimate of consultant Metcalf & Eddy offered Thursday at a board meeting of the Lewiston-Auburn Water Pollution Control Authority. The authority may ask other companies to bid on the study, board member Normand Lamie said. The LAWPCA board is considering an upgrade to its plant to prepare for 800,000 more gallons of waste a day, the flow expected from the proposed Virgin Pulp Substitute plant in Auburn. The plant would recycle used office paper.

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