10 years ago
From the Journal Tribune: “President George W. Bush exited Air Force One, walked down the stairs and waved as he stepped onto the runway at Sanford Regional airport shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday. He walked to the rear of a black Chevy Blazer, paused, and then waved to the huddle of local reporters and photographers standing about 150 feet away. The president then stepped into the Blazer and the motorcade inched away, off to Walker’s Point.”
50 years ago
From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “The City of Biddeford has paid off its tax anticipation notes in full, Biddeford Mayor Leo R. Lemire said today. Lemire said it is the first time in many years the city has done this.”
100 years ago
From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “The ‘Old Man of the Mountain,’ as the profile rock in Franconia notch has been known for years, is losing his head, and Governor Rolland H. Spaulding and his council were engaged today on considering means for repairing loss.”
— Marissa Heffernan
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