100 years ago, 1915
Fourteen residents of the Poland Spring road, along the route of the Portland-Lewiston Interurban railway, have petitioned the Public Utilities Commission to require that railway company to have more stopping places between Danville Junction and Minot avenue, Auburn, and for a reduction of the first fare limit from Lewiston. The petition sets forth that property owners sold land to the company expecting better transportation facilities and that such facilities have not developed in that the car makes no convenient stops between these places and that the fare is exorbitant. The first fare is 10 cents.

50 years ago, 1965
A Lewiston youngster who has the urge to drive a car, did so this morning, and the brief ride ended in damage to two vehicles. The boy, aged nine, drove the car at Spofford’s Chevron Station at 135 Bates St., and while in the parking lot, collided with a parked vehicle. The incident was reported to police by Noel T. Ouellette, proprietor of the station. Officer Ernest LaBrie was dispatched to the scene shortly after 8:40 a.m., and brought the lad to headquarters, where he was turned over to Juvenile Officer Lt. Paul F. Martin. The boy caused damage estimated at $30 about the front grille of the 1952 sedan he was operating. The parked vehicle, a 1963 model, received $40 in damage to the right front bumper. After speaking to the lad, Lt. Martin had the boy driven to school.

25 years ago, 1990
Neither fighter in tonight’s scheduled 12-round IBF-Intercontinental junior lightweight title bout had trouble making the 130-pound weight limit at the official weigh-in Thursday night at The Chalet motel. Hometown favorite Joey Gamache Jr. tipped the scales at an even 130, while “Sweet” Irving Mitchell of Lafayette, La., weighed out at 129 and 1/2.

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