10 years ago

From the Journal Tribune: “A high speed chase that began in the early hours of Tuesday morning sent police in pursuit of a Honda Civic, driving on its rims through York County and over the Gorham Town Line. At 4:45 a.m., Biddeford Police received a report that an unknown vehicle was allegedly parked in a private driveway on May Street. The police response to the call allegedly sent the driver and his three passengers fleeing toward Route 111, where the black Honda continued to drive past Limerick Road.”

50 years ago

From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “Mayor Leo R. Lemire said this morning regarding the selection of Biddeford as one of the cities chosen by the U.S. Air Force for a Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps, that the local school board, of which he is the chairman, will study the proposal before final adoption of the plan. He stated the original application had been submitted prior to his taking office in January, and he had not had an opportunity to study the details of the plan.”

100 years ago

From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “If the inhabitants along the Pool road were disturbed by the flashing of a sleigh on Tuesday, thinking that it was a wild runaway and that the lives of the occupants were in grave danger, they are hereby notified that that flying trip over the snowy highway leading from the city of Biddeford Pool was so urgent that the utmost speed was necessary and at no time was there danger for them (from the woman who held the reins) … The reason for this precipitate flight was that her husband, the only occupant of the sleigh was shackled, as he sat between her apparently in a state of calm.”

— Krysteana Scribner