100 years ago, 1916
A consignment of apples was shipped this week by a turner farmer to Boston. The price for number one Baldwins delivered at the Auburn station was $1.60 a barrel. Considerably many are still left in this section of the state, which the owners are trying to sell. Owing to the war conditions, farmers who held them this year, will lose money.

50 years ago, 1966
If you think driving an automobile on a street narrowed by snowbanks is difficult, have you ever tried following a dog? One Lewiston motorist had this experience Sunday afternoon while traveling westerly on Sabattus Street. The dog got in front of the car near Bradley Street and stayed in the car’s path all the way down to College Street. The motorist was honking his horn, but the canine just wouldn’t get out of the way. It’s probably a new dog game called “Follow the dog!”

25 years ago, 1991
If a group of landowners in New Gloucester have their way, they will have their ducks lined up when a state agency considers naming a Southern Maine site for a special waste landfill. Landowners of two New Gloucester sites recently named for consideration by the Maine Waste Management Agency agreed Wednesday night to band together to defend their property by gathering information that may exempt from consideration a site in New Gloucester that could face seizure by eminent domain. The landowners will identify deer yards, forest resources, working farms, wetlands, rare plants, recreational land, historical and archeological features about the land.

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