10 years ago

From the Journal Tribune: “With June sunshine comes strawberries, those roundish red fruits with the incomparable taste. Despite heavy May rains, the last five or six days of sun means the strawberry crop in York County is ripe, red, sweet and ready for picking. At Lavigne’s UPick in Sanford, Monday was opening day and despite the humidity, folks were out picking the plump red fruit, thinking longingly of the tasty treat to come later in the day.”

50 years ago

From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “Saco police are holding two men on charges of breaking and entering and larceny. Warrants were issued for the arrest of William Roger Labelle and Alfred. J. Cote on the charges of breaking into the home of Chester Clark on Main Avenue in Camp Ellis Saturday night and stealing several guns and a quantity of ammunition.”

100 years ago

From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “A.J. Torsieff, secretary of the Maine Anti-Tuberculosis association, is in town and hopes to complete a local organization this evening at the meeting called for 8 o’clock. For the last 10 years, the death rate of tuberculosis has been above the average of the state as a whole in Biddeford. The incoming nurse will, for a short time, monitor the spread of infection and gives information on how to stop the spreading of the disease.”

— Krysteana Scribner