10 years ago
From the Journal Tribune: “There was a loud ‘ka-boom’ and then silence. A quantity of potassium metal, potentially unstable and of unknown age, had been carried away from Sanford High School and safely detonated.”
50 years ago
From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “A Biddeford woman, Yvette Montambeault, 42, of 15 Cottage St. is being held for observation at the Webber Hospital after being struck by an automobile on Granite Street, Biddeford last night. Police said the driver of the vehicle, Harry A. Townsend Jr. 44 of 1 Greenwood Ave. Biddeford, told them he suddenly noticed a woman in the middle of the road. He swerved his car but could not avoid striking the woman with the vehicle’s right fender.”
100 years ago
From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “Fish Warden Obed F. Stackpole has taken out a warrant against Kennebunkport man, who, it is alleged, shipped lobsters out of the state without a license.”
— Krysteana Scribner
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