Norway seems to be pretty well filled nowadays. People find it almost impossible to procure rents. Rooms furnished or unfurnished are scarce and the boarding houses are full. The hotels have their regular quota of guests. Norway is to be congratulated for full houses mean nothing if not business prosperity.

As a result of dissatisfaction expressed in regard to the wage increase at the Worumbo Mills in Lisbon Falls a compromise was effected by which the operatives throughout the mill are to receive a five per cent increase on their wages.

50 Years Ago, 1956

With blistered feet and aching muscles, two tired Canadian snowshoers hobbled into Lewiston to complete a 168-mile forced march from Sherbrooke, Que., that will stand out in the history of international showshoe feats. With tears in their eyes and courage in their hearts, Arthur Blanchard, 24, and Marcel “Goldie” Turenne, 28, were greeted with open arms by fellow members of the International Snowshoe Congress. “Thank goodness it’s over,” sighed Turenne after he was carried from the ice palace at Lewiston city park to a soft bed across the street at the DeWitt Hotel.

25 Years Ago, 1981

UMA-LA is not a strange, tropical wild beast. It is an acronym for the University of Maine at Augusta’s Lewiston-Auburn Center. Though it may not be an obvious landmark to area residents, the school has been growing like a rain forest in a monsoon. The school began as a suite of offices at 145 Lisbon St. in Lewiston in the mid-1960s, with a bookstore, secretarial offices and Director Arnold Westerberg’s office. The school was administered as a Continuing Education Division of the University of Maine at Orono. Today, through UMA, the center offers 2-year associate degree programs in liberal arts, criminal justice, business administration, and in medical lab technician at St. Mary’s General Hospital.