100 Years Ago: 1924

The Auburn Planning board which also has charge of the parks and trees of the city is asking $1,575 from the city in the budget, now in process of making. It has been included in the budget and will go through the mill at the December meeting when the budget is put before the town-meeting according to the rule of the charter.

Friends of city parking improvements are to be rallied for the meeting in order that this may be properly understood and get the support that its friends desire.

The money is to be divided in the budget so that Pettengill Park will get $1,000 and the balance be divided among the New Auburn Park for its completion, Edward Little Park, the little space at the Maine Central railroad station and the small plot in front of the Auburn City building.

50 Years Ago: 1974

Negotiations are under way for the sale of the Roundhouse Motor Inn, in Auburn.

Richard Olfene, owner of the popular Center Street facility, acknowledged today, when asked, that he is currently negotiating with an out-of-state firm, which he didn’t identify.

25 Years Ago: 1999

Frank Anicetti is no Kevin Costner, but the Moxie Man has been getting more than his share of time in front of the camera lately. Soon, he’ll be showing up on cable TV.

Anicetti’s Kennebec Fruit Co. store on Main Street in Lisbon Falls will be featured in programs on the History and Learning channels, talking about his favorite soft drink in one
and Stephen King in another.

“They were interested in the amazing stuff I’ve dug up while researching Moxie,” Anicetti said. “The people from The History Channel called a couple times to get the history of Moxie and some of the trivia I’ve researched,” Anicetti said. “I had to ship them a case of Moxie and some pictures and T- shirts, that sort of stuff.”

Atlas Media Corp. of New York City produced the two-hour special, “America Drinks,” which is scheduled to air Dec. 11. The show is billed as “a warm, nostalgic look at the fascinating stories behind America’s favorite drinks and their ingenious inventors and entrepreneurs,” according to a letter to Anicetti from Yasha Husain, the company’s director of research.

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