150 years ago

“Yesterday was the most dusty day we have had for the whole season. Warm, dry weather and the subsidence of the street sprinkler were the causes.”

100 years ago

“Steam shovels grinding and roaring, compressed air drills clanging and banging, mingling with the dull thuds of artesian well drilling machines, the creak of heavy carts and the chug of motor trucks adds much atmosphere of industry which the activities of a couple of hundred men make at the site of the Androscoggin River hydroelectric development on the Switzerland road. While much of the work now in progress there may well be described as preliminary, it is all an essential part of the job. Where a few months ago was dense growth of woods, hard and soft, is today a barren hillside and island top.”

50 years ago

“Lewiston’s police commissioners are going to find it difficult to say that employees of MBI in Portland, a private police agency, are not qualified to provide security at the Nordiques hockey games, Lewiston Police Chief Lucien Longtin said.”

25 years ago

“It was bad enough that Robert Moore had prostate cancer, but it got worse. His health insurance plan through the U.S. Postal Service didn’t include any Maine hospitals as preferred providers, meaning his expensive surgery was 20 percent more costly for his family.”

This feature is courtesy of the Androscoggin Historical Society, 93 Lisbon St., Lewiston.