10 years ago

From the Journal Tribune: “High winds knocked out power to near 40,000 homes and businesses Friday as high winds knocked trees and limbs into power lines. Central Maine Power Co. said close to 39,000 of its customers were without power late Friday afternoon as strong winds and rains crossed the state ahead of a cold Arctic front that was expected to bring frigid temperatures for the weekend.”

50 years ago

From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “David McCallum of Ocean Park Road said today he will seek an injunction against the city of Saco to clear Bear Brook of pollution. McCallum pointed out that the town spends $1 million on a treatment plan. ‘This has been spent for naught if Saco can continue to dump sewage on our beach.’”

100 years ago

From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “The contents of the upstairs tenement at 5 Foss street, occupied by John Anthony, the tailor, was damaged to the amount of $300 or more by fire and water, while Mr. Anthony, who runs a tailor shop in the lower tenement, was damaged to the amount of $250 by water as the result of a blaze which was discovered Thursday evening at 8:25 o’clock. The blaze is believed to have originated from some clothing hanging on a rack dropping onto the kitchen range, in which a red hot coal fire sparked the occurance.”

— Krysteana Scribner