100 years ago, 1912
An ordinance introduced by Alderman Russell of Ward Seven was passed by the Lewiston Board of Mayor and Aldermen last evening. It provides for the removal of all hanging signs, so-called. And against the further creation of any. Electric and other illuminated signs do not come within the restrictions of this ordinance, but are specially provided for. The ordinance must pass the common council and be approved by the Supreme Court before it goes into effect. The agitation against hanging signs began in earnest when the new street lights became a certainty. The L. A. & W. street railway made their donation to the lights provisional to the removal of the hanging signs,.
50 years ago, 1962
Now that home owners have started to put up decorations for the Christmas season, the larceny of decorative bulbs has commenced. Auburn police were notified by Lionel D’Amour, 79 Pleasant St., Auburn, that some 20 lights had been stolen off a decorated tree in the yard of his home.

25 years ago, 1987
What would a burglar think of your home? The Lewiston Police Department knows what a burglar looks for in a home and would like to tell you as part of their effort to reduce the number of burglaries in the city. Following in the footsteps of its business security analysis program, the Lewiston Police Department is initiating a home security analysis for private citizens. Maj. Laurent F. Gilbert Sr. and other patrol officers will tour homes of interested people, checking windows, doors and other “points of vulnerability” within a home, pointing out places which could give access to burglars.