100 years ago, 1916
Jewels valued at $1,000 are reported stolen from the cottage of F. M Curtis, New York, at Lake Auburn, between 6 p.m., June 5 and the morning of June 8. The Auburn police have no clue to the robbers, beyond a conviction that the crime was committed by someone familiar with the premises and who knew exactly where the jewelry was kept. Rings and bracelets, set with diamonds and platinum, were taken. An imitation diamond pendant in the same jewelry case was left behind by the robber.

50 years ago, 1966
An Auburn man escaped apparent serous injury this morning in an unusual accident at the Belle Moc Shoe Company in Lewiston. Marcel Sirois, 40, of 54 Riverside Drive, Auburn, was working around an elevator at the Oxford Street establishment when ring he was wearing caught on a shoe rack causing him to lose his balance and fall into the elevator shaft, police said. The doors on the elevator, which apparently was on its way up to the second floor, closed, catching Sirois by the feet and holding him suspended in the air between the first floor and the basement area. Two men working in the basement area noticed Sirois’ predicament and came to his aid, supporting him so that he would not be completely in an upside-down position, until he could be released from the elevator.

25 years ago, 1991
The Auburn Planning Board gave Central Maine Technical College approval Tuesday night to construct a proposed Allied Health Building. Director of Land Use Planning and Enforcement James McPhee characterized the construction as a “major development for both Auburn and the college.” A “Special Exception Site Plan” for the building, on file with the city of Auburn, said the 35,000-square-foot building will house classrooms, a lecture hall, faculty offices, and a large multi-purpose room. The building is to provide space for several of the school’s programs, including nursing, occupational health and safety, biology, microbiology, chemistry, and anatomy and physiology.

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