10 years ago

From the Journal Tribune: “The city has been growing rapidly during the past two decades, with many newcomers fleeing to the outskirts of the city hoping for less expensive housing prices. The Jenkins Road area of the city has been poised for growth for a number of years, with 40 percent of the subdivisions created since 1978 being built in the last seven years. The city’s 1999 Comprehensive Plan designated Jenkins Road as a growth area due to its proximity to the city’s “urban core.” The City Council adopted zoning changes consistent with the plan as part of the Comprehensive Plan implementation effort in 2001.”

50 years ago

From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “Superintendent of Schools Bernard C. Forbush today issued a request to all parents of school children in both public and parochial schools in the city to keep children at home if any child complains of a sore throat, a stiff neck or seems to be running a long-term temperature. Cases of scarlet fever and flu are being reported in the increasing numbers…”

100 years ago

From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “Arthur Cote of this city, who at one time held the undisputed claim of welterweight champion of Maine and was well known in sporting circles throughout New England states, died this morning in the hospital connected with the old soldiers home at Togus. Death was attributed to cerebral hemorrhage. His age was about 40 years.”

— Krysteana Scribner