100 years ago, 1918
The coal and wood situation in Lewiston is undimmed, according to a statement made by C. L. Turgeon, chairman of the fuel committee. There have been no more cars arriving with coal since the five that came in a few days ago, and there has been no change in wood market. Wood can be obtained from dealers in small quantities, but the price remains high. According to wire reports, trains of coal are on the way to New England, but when any of them will arrive in these cities is not known. Dealers are besieged by telephone calls. One dealer had his phone disconnected, and many others won’t answer the rings. People who can’t get coal are burning wood, and in some cases families are sitting up through the night by turns to keep their fires going. As yet none of the industries have been threatened. The big corporations having purchased enough coal in the summer to carry them through the month of January.

50 years ago, 1968
Plans for the construction of a new bank building on the corner of Chestnut and Canal streets, Lewiston, were revealed today by Conrad R. Doucette, executive vice president of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Lewiston. Doucette disclosed that the association purchased the land about a year ago, with the intention of building a new office, because the institution has outgrown its present site in the Jacques Cartier building at 275 Lisbon St., Lewiston. The bank official said the purchase included the entire parcel of land which is now the Central Parking Lot. According to Doucette, the new one-story structure will be 50 feet wide by 80 feet long and of modernistic design. The exterior will have a rough stone effect achieved with the use of black lava rock. The heavy steel panel roof will be pierced by four skylights to provide natural lighting.

25 years ago, 1993
(Photo Caption) Peter Beaulieu and Debra Polley are the proud parents of a son, Adam Ben Beaulieu, the first baby born in the Twin Cities for 1993. Adam was born at 11:06 p.m. at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston and weighed in at 8 pounds and 5 ounces and is 20-and-½ inches long.

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