10 years ago
From the Journal Tribune: “The memory of last winter’s frigid temperatures may have faded for most Mainers, but not for the members of the state’s congressional delegation who are preparing to fight for more federal heating assistance.”
50 years ago
From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “Members of St. John’s Auxiliary Guild met at the Parish Hall last night to make final arrangements for the annual summer fair and supper to be held in the Parish Hall, St. John’s Street, Saturday from 3 to 8 p.m. Mrs. May Slaney will be in charge of the apron table.”
100 years ago
From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “Through the efforts of George F. Feeney, transportation manager of the Portland chamber of commerce, the Boston & Maine has agreed to set back the time of departure of the morning train to 7 o’clock, the time it started from Portland for a great number of years until the present summer schedule went into effect.”
— Marissa Heffernan
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