100 years ago, 1913
An order providing for the purchase of a spraying machine, which will cost $1,250 and can be used for fire protection at East Auburn, was passed at a regular meeting of the Auburn city council Monday evening. The committee consisting of Earl M. Marsh, L.E. Garland and P.C. Record asked city fathers to establish a fire station at East Auburn, which matter was referred to the commissioners. The plan put forward by the residents of East Auburn was that a six-horse power engine with a thousand feet of hose mounted on a truck with ladders and chemical tanks be placed in a building that would be provided by residents of that section.

50 years ago, 1963
The Lewiston Public Works Department has been in a tizzy the past few weeks worrying about the possibility the city’s water line to Lake Auburn would get broken by all the digging on the Center Street, Auburn, reconstruction project. The danger’s over now. The excavating is finished in the area where the feeder pipe is located. So, the Public Works Department crew broke a water line on East Avenue yesterday afternoon. The crew was blasting near East Avenue and Montello Streets on a small sewer line job that is being done ahead of the big area reconstruction project. There was some ledge in the way. A nearby four-inch water line that serves the area was badly cracked.

25 years ago, 1988
A $100,000 appropriation, to again fund a collection and disposal program for banned pesticides, will be sought by an Auburn legislator, Rep. Susan E. Dore, D-Auburn, at next month’s special legislative session, in the hope of halting possible illegal disposition of the materials.