100 years ago, 1916

Clothesline thieves have been at work in the vicinity of Lisbon Center. From the home of Louis Lachance, part of the washing hung out on the line have been taken. Mrs. Fannie Jones found part of the washing out in the field, all torn and badly covered with mud as if someone had tried to destroy the clothes. From the James Ordway line, a sheet was taken and torn up. A heavy woolen shirt on the line of Mrs. Spalis home was taken away entirely. It looks as if there was a spirit of malice as well as stealing in the acts.

50 years ago, 1966
Northeast Airlines boarded a record number of passengers at the Auburn – Lewiston Municipal Airport during October, according to NEA manager George Tomlinson of Auburn. Announcement of the figures prompted a comment by Auburn City Manager Woodbury E. Bracken that more airline business “could originate here than at any other airport in the state of Maine, if there is reliable service.” Brackett said he felt the record passenger boardings illustrated his contention often voiced in the past that with reliable service local air service would be well patronized.

25 years ago, 1991
A reprieve seems imminent for patrons of the Poland post office, who had feared the office would close, as announced, at the end of November. A postal official has written that the U.S. Postal Service “will respond affirmatively to the request of the board of selectmen to keep the Poland post office open while examining postal service options for Poland customers.” The Poland office closing would mean that residents in the central village area of Poland, used to walking a quarter-mile or less to pick up their mail, would be obliged to drive down the pike apiece or have their mail delivered.

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