100 years ago, 1917
The Lewiston and Auburn fire alarm seems to be making up for its summer vacation. Box alarms, which were unusually infrequent during the summer, have been coming in groups with the past few days. (At one) time were three separate alarms in the two cities, yesterday, including that for the blaze at the Auburn Carriage Co. early in the morning. At 11:55 o’clock, Wednesday morning, a telephone call was received at the Lewiston central station for a blaze on Pettengill street and ten minutes later an alarm was turned in from box 113, Main and Russell streets.

50 years ago, 1967
Rugged construction machinery began tearing into Nimitz Street this week as a giant sewer project to cost almost a quarter-million dollars got off the ground. Omer Parent, engineering inspector for the Lewiston Public Works Department, said Tuesday it may become necessary to shut down operations when extreme cold temperatures set in but if that is the case, the program will be resumed in the spring.

25 years ago, 1992
Barry Patrie and his team of 10 consultants with the proposed Auburn Virgin Pulp Substitute Recycle Fiber facility did their homework before making an hour-long presentation to the Auburn Planning Board Thursday. Patrie, project manager for the proposed $50 million high-grade office paper recycling plant, led the board through the design of the facility, its impact on wetlands, traffic and noise in the area and the water and waste products it would be discharging. When he was done, Ward 1 City Councilor Richard Small told him it was the “most impressive presentation I’ve ever heard in this building.”

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