100 years ago: 1919
The Maine Automobile Association is to perform a notable project this year and one that will mean much to the state. This is the color branding of principal thru routes of highway after the style made popular by New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Ten routes have been selected, another year the work will be continued and the entire state, probably, will be covered. Another feature will be the naming of the main routes of traffic.
50 years ago: 1969
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower remained “very weak” from pneumonia that has complicated his recovery from surgery and a series of heart attacks. Doctors at Walter Reed Army hospital said the 78-year-old Eisenhower “rested well last night but still remains very weak.” They reported no further progression of pneumonia in the base of the five-star general’s right lung.
25 years ago: 1994
 
Fire Chief  Richard Mailhot is about to take one last ride for the road. He’ll climb behind the wheel of a ladder truck on Monday for a ride home after his last day on the job. The chief, who is retiring at a tender age of 45, will be feted at an open house from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Central Fire Station. Firefighters invite the public to stop by to wish Mailhot good luck. Then comes the big event. The chief will climb into the station’s ladder truck, driving the rig to his Jepson Avenue home as a procession of firefighters will escort him, according to Deputy Chief Michel Lajoie.
 
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