100 Years Ago: 1924

William Scruton, advance man for a large circus now touring the South, is spending a few days at his home in Lewiston.

50 Years Ago: 1974

Court officials say Superior Court Judge Sumner Goffin is expected back to the bench next Thursday after suffering a heart attack at his Portland home earlier this week.

25 Years Ago: 1999

The city of Lewiston is about to make a fashion statement with its police cruisers.

Turns out that the tired old dark blue of the current patrol cars is passe. White is now chic when it comes to police cruisers, and the five new cars the city is considering buying to replace old ones will be that color.

“The trend that I’ve seen… is that more and more cities and counties are going with the white cruiser and bringing the striping into the colors and lettering,” Lewiston Police Chief Laurier F. Gilbert Sr. said in a memo to the city Finance Committee.

The Auburn Police Department about one year ago got some white cruisers and the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department also has white cars.

Gilbert is advocating white cruisers with blue decal stripes along the side and blue lettering.

“White in a cruiser is not only attractive, it’s practical,” Gilbert said. “White is more visible,” Gilbert said Monday. “It has a deterrent effect. The reason for patrols is to deter crime by being visible.”

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