100 Years Ago: 1924

The Public Utilities Commission, Thursday rendered a decision granting the request of the Androscoggin Electric Company (Portland- Lewiston Interurban) to increase its fare between Lewiston and Portland from 93 cents to $1.00, which change necessitates a readjustment of intermediate fares, thereby making both slight advances and reductions for the intermediate zone rides. For special car service the company contemplates an increase of 75 cents to 85 cents per live mile and a minimum charge for any special car service of $15 in lieu of the present minimum of $10.

50 Years Ago: 1974

A large group of schoolboy and schoolgirl patrol members and traffic guides left this morning for Bear Pond Park at North Turner where they enjoyed their annual picnic, sponsored by the Lewiston Police.

25 Years Ago: 1999

Mel Torme, the jazz and pop singer known as “the Velvet Fog,” died of complications from a stroke he suffered in August 1996. Torme was the co-writer of the seasonal classic, “The Christmas Song,” which celebrated “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose.” Torme was 73.

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