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Looking Back on Sept. 10

100 Years Ago: 1920 Andrew Lindsay of the firm of Jellade, Lindsay and Warren, the architects who designed the proposed YMCA, building in Auburn is in town for a conference with the building committee. While he is here, Mr. Lindsay will  receive bids from contractors, and it is expected that the  contract will be awarded shortly. […]

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Looking Back on Sept. 9

100 Years Ago: 1920 The employees of the Darling Automobile Company and the Reo Service Company held an outing Wednesday at the farm of V.S. Darling. The party numbered about 45. The first event on the program was a ball game, a close game, the Reo Service Company beat the Darling Automobile company 7 to […]

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Looking Back on Sept. 8

100 Years Ago: 1920 The Auburn W.C.T.U. met at their restaurant on the fairgrounds yesterday for an all day session to get the place in readiness for State Fair. They were planning to hold a business meeting but, owing to the small number present, it was postponed until Thursday, Sept. 9, when It will be […]

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Looking Back on Sept. 7

100 Years Ago: 1920 Frost was reported on the low lands yesterday morning by farmers coming in from outside. 50 Years Ago: 1970 The architect’s design for the new major Auburn office of First-Manufacturers National Bank of Lewiston and Auburn was made public today by Woodbury C. Titcomb, president of the bank. The three-story structure […]

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Looking Back on Sept. 5

100 Years Ago: 1920 With the fall of the curtain at Lake Grove tonight, the current season will become a memory. It has certainly been a successful season from the standpoint of the patrons of the Lake because no stone has been left unturned by the management to insure the presentation there of the finest […]

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Looking Back on Sept. 4

100 Years Ago: 1920 Let it be made clear that women having the vote do not need to have to pay any poll tax. It has been said before. There seems to be a need to say it again and again. 50 Years Ago: 1970 Several persons have been appointed by Major John B. Beliveau […]

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The Kotzschmar Organ is back with Bach

PORTLAND —  Portland Municipal Organist James Kennerley will present a live-streamed concert  from Merrill Auditorium at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, presented by the Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ. This is the first artistic performance in the hall since its closure in March due to the Coronavirus pandemic, and the first-ever live-streamed concert for the […]