10 years ago
From the Journal Tribune: “Three people were taken to Goodall Hospital late Thursday with non life-threatening injuries following an altercation at a downtown apartment where knives were allegedly used. Police are still trying to sort out what happened.”
50 years ago
From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “When the wheels of a truck carrying the equipment gave way yesterday a sixton 60 foot boom struck a three-story house at 16 Storer St. here (Kennebunk) with a crash that shook the residence of Mrs. Arthur Leech.”
100 years ago
From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “A burning shanty located in the woods at a short distance below Clifford park was the cause last night of a number of firemen making a pilgrimage into that section around 10-o’clock and fighting a brush fire for an hour or two.”
— Christopher Murphy
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