100 years ago, 1918

All girls and young women of Lewiston and Auburn are cordially invited to enter the immense chorus which will lead the singing at the Patriotic Pageant on the Lewiston Athletic grounds, July 4th. The singing is to be the great feature of the pageant. And a chorus of at least 500 voices will be necessary to form the nucleus of the community sing. The invitation includes all the girls in the two cities, whether American speaking or not.

50 years ago, 1968

Lewiston police today warned local merchants to be on the look-out for checks drawn on a bank that is no longer in existence. Det. Sgt. Robert E. Cloutier said a check drawn on the Manufacturers National Bank was cashed Wednesday at a variety store. Sergeant Cloutier noted that the bank no longer exists. It merged with another bank eight years ago.

25 years ago, 1993

The city of Lewiston has recycled nearly half the materials collected during two recent spring cleanup weeks, Solid Waste Superintendent Eileen Sylvan Johnson has reported. A total of 46 tons of scrap metal and 250 tons of wood waste was diverted from the landfill. For the third year, residents were asked to set out wood waste and scrap metal during the first week of the program, and all other bulky wastes in the second. The cleanup “proceeded smoothly,” Johnson said.

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