100 years ago, 1914
Lewiston’s Coast Artillery men were welcomed home Saturday afternoon in proper style, in honor of the splendid showing which they made during this year’s instruction camp at Fort Williams. Their records with the big guns has been such as to win them the highest praise and set marks for similar outfits in other state’s coast artillery corps to try an equal. The two companies arrived in Lewiston at 2:10 o’clock and detrained at the Bates street station. With the Dominican Band marching ahead and with Mayor Wiseman and Aldermen Skelton, Poulain and Toutain in his honor’s automobile, the troopers were escorted to their quarters.

50 years ago, 1964
Sabattus Pond is scheduled to be stocked this year with 18,000 young-of-the-year largemouth bass. A survey of Sabattus Pond was made in 1940 and the pond was resurveyed in 1960 and at that time it was recommended that the nature of the pond made it suitable for largemouth bass. The report noted that the pond reportedly once offered good smallmouth bass fishing, but that heavy growths of pond weeds have contributed to the decline of such sport. On the other hand, the present lake condition, it was noted, lends itself to largemouth bass who frequent shallow, weedy areas. The greatest depth of Sabattus Pond, the report states, is only 18 feet.

25 years ago, 1989
Soviet and American teen-age campers at Worldpeace in Poland Spring are bypassing telephones and the mail, and sending messages to their families by ham radio. In an elective course during this month of international camp life, more than a dozen young men and women are learning how to make radio contact across thousands of miles. Messages are sent and received both by Morse code and speech. Three Soviets are in the group. A number of the students will be well on their way to becoming novice operators and advancing later to become holders of technician and general class licenses. Equipment and supplies worth about $1,000 have been donated to the instructional facility by the American Radio Relay League of Newington, Conn.