100 years ago, 1917
(B. Peck Co. advertisement) We’ve heard from Santa Claus, and TOYLAND opens today. It’s bigger, better, livelier and jollier than ever. Monday, our windows will appear in full Christmas dress.

50 years ago, 1967
The director of the Androscoggin County Task Force’s Community Action Program told a meeting in Lewiston Thursday night that last Friday’s civil disturbance at a PAL dance at Lewiston City Building provides the city with an opportunity “to give a lot of teenagers an opportunity to do something about themselves.” John O’Toole, who headed the CAP program in the area, made the comment at a meeting called by Mayor William Rocheleau Jr. for what he said was a session “to find ways our youth can enjoy recreation facilities, be it dances or otherwise.”

25 years ago, 1992
In response to complaints from parents that student activity funds should not be used to pay for Saturday detentions at Auburn Middle School, the School Committee voted Wednesday to finance the weekend detentions with money from the general fund. The committee had originally approved a plan to pay for the Saturday detentions, the first of which is scheduled for this weekend, with proceeds from student fundraising activities. Ward 4 committee member Tina Short said, “It doesn’t seem fair to ask kids to raise money that will be used for detentions. In all honesty, I don’t think the kids in detention will be the ones who raised the money.”

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