10 years ago
From the Journal Tribune: “Wesmore Lane residents spoke out against allowing parking on their road at Thursday night’s Board of Selectmen’s meeting. Currently, parking is banned on Wesmore Lane. The discussion was to decide if a public hearing on the subject was to be put on the agenda for the next board meeting.”
50 years ago
From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “North Korea today declared its independence within the world Communist movement, dramatically breaking with its old pro-Peking line. ‘There can be no superior party or inferior party nor a party that gives guidance and a party that receives guidance,’ said the official party newspaper Rodong Shinmoon.”
100 years ago
From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “The 300th anniversary celebration of the first settlement in Biddeford is to be observed next month when the three or four days, beginning September 13, will be used for the event.”
— Marissa Heffernan
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