100 years ago, 1917
In spite of the snow Friday, many automobiles made trips between Lewiston and Augusta over the Winthrop route and reported the going wasn’t bad. Lewiston streets were deep in slush and wet snow. The ordinances require that snow be removed in the business sections by the store keepers but for the most part the job was postponed.

50 years ago, 1967
Wednesday just was not a good day for city-owned equipment in Auburn. Three vehicles owned by the city were involved in different mishaps. The day started off with a brand new police cruiser being damaged in a pre-dawn mishap in a shopping center parking lot. During the morning, the engine of the city-owned bulldozer at the city dump suddenly burst into flames. Auburn firemen dispatched Engine Five, but a CO2 extinguisher was used to put out the fire in dust from industrial waste at the dump which had accumulated around the bulldozer engine. The AFD reported no damage to the big vehicle. Then early in the afternoon, a fire truck, responding to a fire call in the city’s rural area, skidded as it pulled into the yard of a burning home, hit a tree and was knocked out of commission.

25 years ago, 1992
The state requirement that Auburn cease operations of its Gracelawn Road landfill by Dec. 31 and alternatives for future waste disposal will be discussed by members of City Council at a workshop session Monday
night at 6:30 p.m. Public Works Director Robert Belz and City Engineer Steven C. Ranney prepared a 7-page report documenting the problems of opening a new landfill to handle land clearing debris, wood wastes and construction and demolition debris, currently estimated at 30,000 cubic yards. Auburn may qualify for up to 75 percent reimbursement of its closure costs since the state passed a recent referendum to aid in closure costs, the report said.

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