100 years ago, 1915
The Androscoggin County Anti-Tuberculosis Association has purchased a site for a sanatorium and a building to accommodate 24 patients will be erected in the early spring. Plans have been approved by the State Board of Charities and Corrections. After looking at a large number of sites the Association has been successful in obtaining one which the members consider ideal for sanatorium purposes. It is located on the Lewiston, Brunswick and Bath trolley line about one mile from the Lewiston Bleachery & Dye Works. This is a piece of the Walter E. Scribner farm, formerly the George Davis farm. The association received considerable criticism for not purchasing the Pulsifer lot on Prospect Hill in Auburn, but while this was good farming land, it was found the soil was too heavy and the slope insufficient for rapid drainage from rains and melting snow. The exposure was not right for open air treatment.

50 years ago, 1965
It was announced last night by the officers of the YWCA in Lewiston that the organization plans the construction of a new building in the Twin Cities. According to Mrs. Joseph B Chaplin Jr, president of the Y board of Directors, a building committee will be made in the near future to study the matter. The present quarters of the Y in Lewiston-Auburn includes the building at 73 Pine St., Lewiston, and the Kate J. Anthony House at 248 Turner St., Auburn.

25 years ago, 1990
Members of the St. Dominic Regional High School Key Club spent much of Saturday working in Greene at the White Dove Food Agency helping to warehouse seven tons of food that were recently delivered, and bagging up the food for distribution. The Key Club members have also helped the private non-profit food agency by holding a toy drive, donating 30 jackets and a freezer, and helped serve Christmas dinner to the elderly and underprivileged of Greene and surrounding towns.

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