10 years ago

From the Journal Tribune: “Sandbags have been placed in the Mousam River below High Street in an effort to prevent oil from continuing to seep into the river from an old mill site nearby. State environmental officials believe a minimum of 7,000 gallons of oil, and perhaps much more, has seeped into the soil around the site of the former Goodall Worsted Mill at the corner of Square and High streets since before the old mill was demolished in the mid 1990’s. Some of the oil has also seeped into the Mousam River through two storm drains.”

50 years ago

From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “Fuses owned by the Boston and Maine Railroad Co. were found today in a Diamond National Corp. warehouse on Biddeford Street, Biddeford when police investigated a break reported this morning at the building. Company officials told police nothing was missing from the warehouse. Sgt. Adelbert Morin, who investigated the break, said the fuses were taken from a small building, owned by the railroad across from the depot on Elm Street.”

100 years ago

From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “Although the Westbrook Republicans put up an exceptionally hard fight at the polls Monday, their ticket was defeated by the Democrats, who elected their candidates, Oscar G.K. Robinson, for mayor, Alexander G. Wilson for city clerk, F. Perley Stanford, Benjamin A. Marshall and John L. Byrne for alderman at large, by good pluralities.”

— Ryder Schumacher