10 years ago
From the Journal Tribune: “The Lebanon Rescue Department responded to three separate accidents over the weekend, involving an ATV, a truck and a lawn mower.”
50 years ago
From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “A brigade of the U.S. 4th Infantry Division which won fame in two world wars, landed in South Viet Nam today and was immediately airlifted to the central highlands, one of this country’s major battlegrounds. The arrival raised U.S. troop strength in Viet Nam to about 290,000 men.”
100 years ago
From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “The summer playground conducted every afternoon in the week excepting Saturday and Sunday at Clifford park, is proving every bit as popular this season as last, in fact, more so as the attendance has been quite as large as last summer. This is a very good record as the unusually heavy blueberry crop this season temps many children to the woods who would otherwise be at the playground.”
— Marissa Heffernan
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