• It has been announced from official circles that Bath is to have a number of English and American cruisers to assist in celebrating the 300th anniversary of the building of the first American ship.
• Scrap tin is again being gathered up in the different sardine factories in Eastport and vicinity because the refuse is in big demand when shipped away. In recent years, more attention has been given to the waste pieces of tinplate, for formerly it was allowed to drop to the beach and came in for a “salt bath” until it was found that there was a demand for it. The scrap tin now sent out is clean and worth something.
50 years ago, 1957
• Facing increased wholesale prices on the gasoline they purchase, several Lewiston-Auburn filling station operators are passing on the extra expense to the motorist by hiking their own price. Some operators who only a couple of weeks ago offered regular gasoline for as little as 23.5 cents a gallon have raised their selling figure to 29.5 cents in light of the wholesale price hike.
ALBANY – Maine’s crossroads of the world sign, subject of magazine, amateur and post card art – is missing again. The sign at the junctions of Routes 5 and 35 pointed out, until yesterday, the distances to Norway, Paris, Poland, Denmark, Naples, Sweden, Mexico, Peru and China – all Maine towns.
25 years ago, 1982
“A simple little keypunch error.”
True.
However, it involved $117,783 in state school subsidies, which should have been paid to Portland but were mistakenly allocated to Poland.
For Portland, it’s a late-season windfall.
But for Poland?
Well, it could be the start of budget problems more than a year from now.
For 10 months, Poland received subsidy payments at a rate that included funds that should have gone to Portland. Now during May and June, there will be no subsidy payment to Poland because the town received its full subsidy in the first 10 months of the fiscal year.
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