100 years ago, 1915
Twenty arrests for intoxication were made in Lewiston. Friday afternoon and night. A record in local police records dealing with ordinary times of seven arrested in 20 minutes was made Friday afternoon. The rain and the east wind which made conditions out of doors drove many of the men inside the barrooms and thus the intoxications became greater than on a pleasant day according to the opinion of the police. More than half the number was released before court Saturday and the rest received the usual fine of $3 and costs. Two cases of vagrancy were disposed of with 30 days in the county jail.

50 years ago, 1965
One of the largest projects conducted annually by the Traffic Division of the Lewiston Police Department, street painting, got underway this week. It didn’t take long after some 1,450 gallons of paint arrived at the police department early this week to get started on the project. Officer Ronald Bates, who when not out street painting, is a clerk in the Traffic Division, said center lines on Upper Main Street was painted yesterday, while other sections of center lines have been completed on Sabattus, Ash and Pine Streets. The large shipment of special road paint contained 150 gallons of the familiar yellow-tinted paint, Also to be painted are school crossings, curbstones, and metered parking areas in the downtown sections. “We’ll be at it all summer long,” Officer Bates said.

25 years ago, 1990
Teamsters members who work at Philips Elmet Corp. overwhelmingly ratified a new contract proposal Sunday. Teamsters Local 340 Vice President and Business Agent Jim Carson said the 350 production and maintenance workers ratified the company’s third offer. The three-year contract approved Sunday gives workers a 40-cent raise in the first two years and a 50-cent raise in the third, major improvements in health and welfare benefits, major pension increases, improvements in vacations and includes a plant seniority provision for the first time, Carson said.

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