10 years ago

From the Journal Tribune: “Not even the flu could stop Massabesic quarterback Jeff Elliot Friday night. Elliot, who battled flu-like symptoms that forced Mustangs head coach John Morin to remove him from defense and special teams midway throughout the second quarter, amassed 349 all-purpose yards and led his team down the field in the final 1:47 for the game-winning score as Massabesic came from behind to upend Kennebunk, 29- 28 in Class A football action at Ronco Field.”

50 years ago

From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “Less than three years after President Kennedy died in Dallas, a succession of books has raised nagging new doubts about how he was shot and whether the accused assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, had an accomplice. Now the anguished widow has added to the uncertainty by withholding information from all but her favorite writer, William Manchester.”

100 years ago

From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “The celebration of the 300th anniversary of the settlement of Biddeford is an event which is unique in the annals of the state of Maine. In fact, within the writer’s knowledge, no other city or town in New England can look back upon three centuries of authentic history.”

— Marissa Heffernan