100 Years Ago: 1924

After lying on the edge of the M. C. R. R. trestle over the canal at the Androscoggin Mill, Lewiston, to avoid being hit by the incoming 12:40 train, Alphonse Carron, 20, rose from his prone position just in time to be struck by the step on the platform of the rear car. He was knocked into the canal and drowned before he could be rescued.

50 Years Ago: 1974

Barbara A. Purrington, Jay, is the July artist of the month at the Central Maine General Hospital, Lewiston. The exhibit in the main lobby features oils and acrylics.

25 Years Ago: 1999

Motorists will likely be diverted around sections of Auburn’s busiest street through the middle of August. Officials cite the discovery of century-old trolley tracks as the culprit.

Following the first two weeks of reconstruction of Court Street officials had planned to keep one half of traffic open in either direction. But the trolley tracks have spoiled those plans, says Dick Norcross, MDOT’s construction manager for the Court Street project.

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