100 years ago, 1915
Baseball fans of these cities know where to come when there’s a world series on! Park street, in front of the Journal building Friday afternoon proving it. The first of the fans lined up on the sidewalk there at about five minutes after one o’clock. With their appearance the service started. At first it was descriptions of the weather and the arrival of the crowd, flashed direct from the National league park in Philadelphia to this office. In this way the Lewiston contingent got the spirit which pervades the great throng watching the Red Sox and Phillies do battle for the first lap in the great world’s champion series.

50 years ago, 1965
How deep is the Androscoggin River at the point it runs under North Bridge, between Lewiston and Auburn? A couple of Northeastern University young men found out this morning, while heavy fog hung over the waterway. The answer: 54 inches. The students didn’t really care, but they had to find out. The assignment, along with other such monumental tasks. was handed them as part of their initiation into Alpha Kappa Sigma Fraternity at Northeastern. They walked all the way from Boston and had other places besides Lewiston to visit, including Portland, and the University of New Hampshire.

25 years ago, 1990
A proposed turnpike exit that would provide a major route into New Auburn met a favorable consensus during preliminary discussions at a City Council workshop Tuesday afternoon. Roland Miller, Auburn’s director of community services, presented three alternative turnpike exits to the council. He told them they would get the most for the money if they approve the South Main Street exit proposal. There were two other proposed interchanges, one at Route 136 and the other at Hackett Road. For the estimated $7.5 million price tag, the city would get a direct access to New Auburn via South Main Street and a possible link to the north side of the city via a proposed extension of Rodman Road.

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