100 Years Ago: 1921

Richard O’Neil, five years old of Harris Street,  Auburn, telephoned the Sun office that he saw two robins in his tree yesterday morning.

50 Years Ago: 1971

“Traffic is backed-up all the way to Portland.” That is how Sgt. Donald E Darling of the Auburn Police Department summed up the situation. He sat in his cruiser at one of many railroad crossings in the city that became blocked when a passing train became stalled. Shortly before one o’clock a 120-unit freight train became disabled when an air-line broke. Immediately traffic became jammed in the city. A Central Maine Central Railroad crew made repairs in about one half hour and the train was moving once again. However It was still quite a while before the congested traffic cleared.

25 Years Ago: 1996

Rumford native Rebecca Martin, who is on a nation-wide tour with her band, “Once Blue,”  will appear on “Late Night With Conan O’Brien Tuesday Night. The show airs on NBC after the Tonight Show. Martin and partner Jesse Harris are “Once Blue,” a band that released its album in late October after signing with EMI Records in the fall of 1994. Martin, one of nine children, played Annie in several productions in Maine, graduated from Rumford High School in 1987 and moved to New York City after college to pursue a career as a singer/songwriter.

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