10 years ago
From the Journal Tribune: “A skywalk bridge at the North Dam mill complex collapsed yesterday afternoon under the weight of a forklift, injuring a worker who fell 12 feet to the ground.”
50 years ago
From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “Costumes of the long-ago period will be worn by participating members of Rebecca Emery Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution and of the Rev. John Fairfield Society, Children of the American Revolution, at tomorrow’s colonial heirloom silver tea.”
100 years ago
From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “Another West Indian storm, like that which recently struck the Gulf coast at Mobile and Pensacola, today is moving northward over the Atlantic 350 miles directly east of Charleston, S.C. It may sweep the coast from Virginia to Maine. ”
— Marissa Heffernan
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