100 years ago, 1915
The most beautiful actress in all America — just think of it — will display the spring fashions at Chabot & Richards up-to-date store in Lewiston, on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons and evenings of the coming week. This wonderfully charming young woman is Miss Mona Raymond, who is with “Follies and Pleasures” which will appear at the Empire Theatre three days next week, and it is a great feather in the cap of Chabot & Richards to secure her to act as their model for the Easter openings.

50 years ago, 1965
Twin City residents gave a rousing welcome Saturday night to the St. Dominic High School hockey team as the “Saints came marching in” from Boston where they captured their second New England schoolboy hockey championship pennant in as many years. The Doms paraded through several Lewiston Auburn streets and were lauded for their 3-2 victory over the LaSalle Academy sextet of Providence, R.I., earlier in the day.

25 years ago, 1990
Lisbon selectmen heard a proposal Tuesday that the town consider tax increment financing to get the stalled Farwell Mill project going again. The mill is “in foreclosure” following the default of a developer. Maine Savings Bank holds the first mortgage. A development team put together by the bank has analyzed the mill and considered several options for its completion, including condominiums, congregate housing or a rental project. They suggested that the best utilization of the building would be affordable housing, described as two bedroom apartments with utilities renting for $450 a month and one bedroom apartments for $350. Twenty percent of the units would have to be designated for low to moderate income tenants.

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