10 years ago

From the Journal Tribune: “Fire department rescue workers responded to a call yesterday from three work sites of the Biddeford Crossing shopping complex, where Coleman Construction worker sustained a collapsed lung after being struck by the bucket of an excavator. The person, who was in a trench, was down about five feet. Workers believe that they had been laying drainage pipe and spreading crushed rock when the accident occurred.”

50 years ago

From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “A thirty-year-old man died early today as fire burned out a small cottage on Nubble Road on York Beach. The victim was identified as George W. Embree, assistant manager of the Charterhouse Motel in nearby Kittery. Officials say Embree apparently was asphyxiated. The body, which was found in the fear of the bedroom, was not burned. The cause of the fire was left undetermined.”

100 years ago

From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “A case which attracted some attention at Alfred, and which was slated for a hearing at the September term, has been settled. It was the alienation of a husbands affections suit brought by Winniifred G. Crediford of Shapleigh, against Minnie Staples. The suit was for $5,000 and the writ alleged that the defendant was guilty of breaking up the home of the plaintiff and causing her much anguish of mind. Mr. Crediford left home August 30, 1915 and up to date has not returned. The terms of this settled case were not made public.”

— Krysteana Scribner