100 Years Ago: 1924

Sheriff King F. Graham was yesterday appealed to by Mrs. F. L. Buzzell of East Poland to try and locate her son, George F. Buzzell, who she declares has been working in Portland for some months. In her letter to the sheriff, Mrs. Buzzell states that her husband is critically ill, and she is very anxious to have her son return home at once.

The sheriff’s department is making every effort to get some trace of the young man.

50 Years Ago: 1974

Three Auburn city officials, appearing today before the Maine Congressional delegation, blasted the postal department for “dragging its heels” in searching for a suitable site for re-location of the Turner Street post office, out of the Urban Renewal Area.

Speaking before Maine’s Senators, Edmund S. Muskie and William D. Hathaway, and the 3 State’s Congressmen William S. Cohen, and Peter N. Kyros, and U.S. Postal officials, the Auburn people complained that the city “has suffered for 16 years because of indecision on the part of various Federal agencies” connected with the post office.

25 Years Ago: 1999

Liberty Mutual Group, one of the largest employers in Lewiston, announced Thursday that 33 of its positions have been eliminated.

Company representatives said a reorganization of its commercial insurance operations and an investment in new technology allowed the company to “streamline” the number of its employees.

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