10 years ago

From the Journal Tribune: “A status report on the city’s schools suggests the need for almost $13.7 million in building and site improvements. Biddeford High School appears to need the most work, with $6.4 million worth of required building renovations, according to the recently completed document.”

50 years ago

From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “After the charge of a robbery was changed to accessory to the holdup, two men pleaded guilty to the latter charge yesterday in York County Superior Court before Justice James P. Archibald. Joseph N. Simmons, 21, of New Bedford, Mass., and David Austin Boyd, 20, of Portsmouth, were ordered held in York County jail until sentencing next week by the court. The men had been indicated earlier this month in the Dec. 2 robbery of Raymond A. Benoit at his filling station on Route 236 in Eliot.”

100 years ago

From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “Frank Caton, formerly of Saco, was arrested at Dover, ME, Wednesday, by City Marshal Cobb and brought to Saco to answer to a charge of desertion of minor children. He was arraigned in Saco police court this morning and pleaded not guilty, the case being continued to next Monday morning on account of illness of Mrs. Lydia W. Rice, agent of Children’s Aid Society. The charges have been pending some weeks and the whereabouts of Caton have meanwhile been unknown.”

— Krysteana Scribner