100 years ago: 1925
“Students of the University of Maine have voted against participation in a ban on petting parties, cribbing, intoxication, possession of liquor and petty thievery, which Dr. Clarence Little, the institution’s president, says must go. … ‘It means simply that the students do not wish to assume the responsibility for trying to eliminate those things,’ Dr. Little told a reporter.”
50 years ago: 1975
“The Auburn municipal gas tank situated adjacent to city Public Works department building for use by police cruisers is in the process of being drained of fuel in preparation for a change to unleaded gasoline. According to Capt. Robert T. Tiner Jr., the APD will soon be receiving its new cruisers, five Ford Torinos, which require unleaded gasoline for fuel. Public Works Department personnel are in the process of emptying the city hall tank and transporting the gas to a highway garage storage tank. A new nozzle, specially designed for unleaded gas, will also be installed on the APD gas pump. Regular nozzles will not fit into the gas tanks of the new vehicles, it has been pointed out.”
25 years ago: 2000
“A Paris woman was being evaluated at Central Maine Medical Center late Monday after her car slammed into a moose on Minot Avenue. Stephanie Davis, 24, of King Hill Road was being treated for facial injuries and other wounds suffered in the 8:15 p.m. crash near Reggie’s Sales and Service. Police said Davis was driving east toward Auburn and was unable to stop in time to avoid the bull moose that had wandered into the road. The animal slammed into the windshield and ripped part of the roof off before landing in the center of the road. The moose was killed by the impact. ‘God was with (Davis) tonight,’ said Norm Letourneau, an Auburn police officer.”
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