100 years ago, 1912
The county commissioners were in session at the Lisbon Falls selectmen’s office Thursday morning to consider the petition of the municipal officers asking them to widen Lisbon Street from Pleasant Street to Blethen Street on the north side. A number of the abutters had permitted the sidewalk when it was made permanent several years ago, to be laid over on to their land. No deed had ever been passed. Everything went all right until a resident of the street fenced up a part of the land used by the public for a sidewalk. This brought the attention of the municipal officers to the fact that the public were where they had no right to be and the county commissioners were called on to widen the road so the sidewalk can be continued as now started.

50 years ago, 1962
An official spokesman of the Maine Central Railroad today revealed that 44 railroad cars laden with Maine National Guard tanks and equipment will arrive in Maine tomorrow. The segment of the train traveling to Lewiston should be arriving here soon after. On the train are some 16 large tanks, many trucks, guns and equipment collected by the Guard during its stay at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, on Federal duty. The tanks necessitated inspections of all bridges and narrow passages on the line up from Kentucky because of their size.

25 years ago, 1987
The Twin Cities airport has suffered some setbacks lately, with the pullout of its base operator and the announcement that its only airline wants to sever its passenger service to the facility. But its reputation for receiving dignitaries is alive and well. “We’ve got no fuel or maintenance, but that didn’t stop Nancy Reagan,” said John L. Carey, manager of the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport. The airport was buzzing with activity Thursday morning as city, county and state police, along with Secret Service personnel, patrolled the airport in preparation for a visit from the First Lady. Nancy Reagan was coming to make a visit to Agassiz Village youth camp in West Poland.