100 years ago, 1915
The Auburn Junior True Blues have returned from their camping trip at Taylor pond. Their stay was to have been longer but Mr. R. A. L. Colby, who had charge of the party, was recalled to his home and the boys had to come in. The boys did their own cooking and lived as soldiers. They played war games under Mr. Colby’s direction and are looking forward to another camping trip.

50 years ago, 1965
Tonight’s Lewiston City Council meeting, at which two public hearings are scheduled dealing with the city’s housing code and proposed changes on subdivision regulations, streets and sidewalks, is reportedly going to turn into an anti-Urban Renewal campaign. According to reports heard around City Hall, groups and individuals who have been opposed to the downtown UR project ever since its inception will try to postpone aldermanic action on the two major items which would, in effect, delay the actual project, now nearing its final stages. Opponents to Urban Renewal in Lewiston published a front-page advertisement in the local newspapers calling attention to tonight’s meeting, and if both sides of UR show up, the session will probably have to be staged in the third floor auditorium.

25 years ago, 1990
What may be the state’s only private collection of Maine motor vehicle inspection stickers is on display for the first time. The collection “is something you never see,” said Dan Cunliffe, owner of Republic Jewelry and Coin Co., where the collection can be viewed. “At an auction, someone would either buy it or never see it again.” Cunliffe has appraised its value at more than $20,000, he said. The collection’s owner, Anthony Brann of Lewiston, said he realized what he had after a casual conversation with friends about a month ago. Among those most interested in Brann’s collection are owners of antique cars, who gain points toward trophies if they can display a car with the sticker issued in its model year, Cunliffe said.

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