100 Years Ago: 1918

The Salvation Army kettle has made its appearance once again on the street and quite a number of nickels and dimes have found their way into it to swell the fund for the poor children’s picnic which will probably be Thursday, Aug. 8. This is one of the army’s “worthy” efforts to try to bring a little sunshine, if only a day, to some whose lives are not lived in the brightest spots of our two cities. It is pleasing to know that the people would not have a day in the country if not for the army’s effort.

50 Years Ago: 1968

On the heels of an announcement that Lewiston is to have a new post office building, local officials are looking at the present building as a possible library site, while at the same time, there’s speculation as to where the new post office will be located. The announcement was made official this morning by Sen. Edmund S. Muskie and Rep. William D. Hathaway. Few details are known at this time except that the Post Office Department has authorized the new construction and that the facility ‘will cover an area of at least 37,500 square feet. The present post office on Ash Street, built in 1935, will be turned over to the General Services Administration for “disposition.”

25 Years Ago: 1993

A dispute between the city of Lewiston and its Fire Department involving overtime pay ended Friday when the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled in favor of the Lewiston Firefighters Association. The decision means the city must now pay firefighters $156,000 in worked overtime, money that has been held in a reserve account, according to one Lewiston official. Richard Mailhot, fire chief, said he’s “glad it’s done.” The city appealed a ruling by Superior Court Justice Thomas E. Delahanty that upheld an arbitrator’s award in favor of the Fire Department.

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