10 years ago
From the Journal Tribune: “There’s no doubt that the addition of the shops at Biddeford Crossing will be a significant modification of the community landscape. Perhaps more difficult to imagine is that they could serve as something of a trailblazer – for innovations in traffic patterns. The roundabout featured at the property entrance will be the first in the city, and one of the first in the area.”
50 years ago
From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “A lot of interior design problems may be solved by movable wall coverings, says Jack Denst, an innovator in the field. ‘We live in a transient world with people moving all the time. They ought to be able to take wall coverings with them,’ he explains.”
100 years ago
From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “Apparently the status of Ireland has gone steadily from bad to worse ever since the Sinn Fein rising on Easter Sunday, for at present the country is in the hands of a temporary and makeshift government composed of a commission of judges assisted by Major General Sir John Maxwell.”
— Marissa Heffernan
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