10 years ago
From the Journal Tribune: “Det. Sgt. Robert Makenzie’s mustache, once well-trimmed, has grown longer during the past few months. Officer David Jamieson is also sporting more facial hair than usual. At the Kennebunk Police Department, they are not alone. The two KPD veterans, along with other members of the department’s union, have united in silent protest, growing goatees to show solidarity over stalled contract talks with the town.”
50 years ago
From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “Saco police said today that all papers and information gathered by the department on the passing of counterfeit money in this area have been turned over to the Treasury department of the FBI.”
100 years ago
From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “According to the Portland Argus, the Westbrook high basketball quintette will have to show better form than she has to date in order to cop the long end of the argument with the fast Thornton Academy give at the George A. Emery gymnasium tomorrow night.”
— Krysteana Scribner
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