100 years ago, 1916
A crew of men while repairing broken water main yesterday on Court street, Auburn, came upon the remnants of the water system which was used by the city of Auburn some fifty years ago. The old system consisted of a large pipe made of wood. This large wooden pipe extended from the top of Goff Hill to the North Bridge. The logs of which the pipes were constructed were about two feet in diameter when the main was first laid, but they have worn away considerably in the last fifty years until now they are about 15 inches in diameter. A small hole about 2 inches in diameter ran the whole length of the system and it was through this hole that the water supply of Auburn came. Many people gathered to see this interesting relic of former years.

50 years ago, 1966
Miss Adelaide Anderson of Young’s Corner, Auburn, who for the past eight years has been the owner and operator of the Dora Clark Tash Studio, 17 Park St., Lewiston, said Thursday she has sold the studio to A. Burgess Gray of 6 Union St., Auburn, associated with the studio for several years. Miss Anderson has become associated with the Job Corps Training Center for Women at Poland Spring and will be the instructor in the photographic division of the graphic arts department. Miss Anderson has been at Poland Spring for three weeks getting ready for the start of classes. The studio will continue in the same location and under the same name and policies

25 years ago, 1991
An ordinance that would toughen the city’s shoreland zoning restrictions and laws governing developments around wetlands was stalled this week by city councilors who said the rules might go too far. “We’re getting so many laws and regulations we’re not going to be able to build a hot dog stand in Auburn,” Ward 2 Councilor Everett Trask said. “All the impacts that this could do to the city could not be envisioned,” said James P. McPhee, the city’s director of land use planning and code enforcement.

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