100 Years Ago: 1921

Wade & Dunton Motor Car Co. Park Street has received a telegram from Ford Motor announcing that Tractor prices have been reduced from $790 FOB Detroit to $625 to take effect at once. They have now a few on hand which will be sold at the new price.

50 Years Ago: 1971

Mrs. W. A. Trafton and Mrs. Burton Wilner are co-chairmen of the Parental Creative Arts Committee organized this morning at a meeting at the Wilner home, on Nottingham Road, in Auburn. The new group is promoting a program of arts for the Auburn schools,

25 Years Ago: 1996

Gov. Angus King signed a bill Thursday approving a referendum to build a new school in Poland, bringing the School Union 29 towns of Poland, Minot and Mechanic Falls one small step closer to someday having a high school of their own. The fate of the new school now rests with local residents in a referendum vote scheduled for March 5. If passed, the measure would provide for the construction of a new school in Poland with a long-term tuition structure from the towns of Mechanic Falls and Minot. “The debate on educational facilities has been ongoing for 25 years,” said State Rep. John Underwood, R-Oxford. “It is great to see that the towns have come together and that this project may now be put to the voters in these communities.”

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