100 Years Ago: 1920 The concrete mixer and crane for spreading the mixture has arrived on School Street. lt was being assembled Wednesday morning and put in condition ready to start laying the base for the brick pavement which is to be placed there, similar to the one on Spring Street. 50 Years Ago: 1970 […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 The principal topic discussed by the Republican city committees of Auburn on Friday was the preparation of women eligible for registration at the election in September. This was the first meeting of the committees since the appointment of women members. It marked a new era in Auburn politics, and the action […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 The new crosswalks at the Auburn City Building have been opened and are appreciated by those having occasion to make frequent visits to the building. 50 Years Ago: 1970 Bids are slated to be opened this Wednesday at 6 30 pm. at the  office of City Controller Lucien Gosselin on two […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 At a committee meeting held recently at Stevens Mills Grange Hall it was decided to hold the annual Grange field day at Macomber’s Beach on Taylor Pond, on Saturday. Members are requested to bring a basket lunch, and ice cream will be on sale. A general good day is being planned […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 The Twelfth Maine regimental association will hold its annual reunion at Lake Grove today at the grange hall. It is expected that there will be a big attendance, both of association members and their comrades and friends. There were ninety survivors in the Winchester Battle With Sheridan Twenty Miles away. 50 […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 Yellow signs hang across the streets of Lewiston and Auburn, reminding you not to forget the “Grand Old Maine State Fair.” 50 Years Ago: 1970 Peace came to the world 25 years ago today but in the Twin  Cities of Lewiston and Auburn ” things were hectic. Perhaps some will remember, others […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 Horses racing down Congress Street neck and neck, old time river drivers bobbing logs in a race through the rapids, and two well known Central Maine  businessmen are principals in a toe to toe boxing match, are among the multitude of original features that are being planned for the Rumford  Merchants’ Annual […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 The work of setting up the WIlliams Starbird Shows, the carnival that is to show on the clay banks in Auburn this week under the auspices of Gayton Post of the American Legion, attracted a crowd of spectators until late  last night. The equipment arrived by train, yesterday afternoon, and was […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 Gaily decorated with flags and resplendent in shining new paint, the State Ferry, “The Governor King,” made her first trip across the Kennebec from Bath to Woolwich one afternoon recently. Both the boat and the new drops at the landing worked to perfection and from 23 to 25 automobiles found plenty […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 An Auburn citizen has called attention to the fact that there is not a single solitary bench in the little park near the Auburn Maine Central  station. Many employees in the shoe factories use this pleasant bit of grass and shade trees to rest in during the noon hour and are compelled […]