10 years ago

From the Journal Tribune: “A new single dispatch and E911 communication center in York County, perhaps on leased land adjacent to the new York County Jail, would cost about $4 million in the first year. The total sum includes personnel, land leases, building construction costs and equipment purchases projected by SSI Services of Harrisburg, Pa., in the second phase of a county-wide dispatch communications study.”

50 years ago

From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “(Old Orchard Beach) Councilman David McCallum of district 2, today said that he is very ‘disturbed’ to discover that engineering and architectural fees were not included in the contract for the construction at the high school. This contract was signed by the council. McCallum also revealed that bond fees were not included in the contract. These amount to approximately $1,200, he said.”

100 years ago

From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “At the Craig summer home in Biddeford Pool, Thursday, Mrs. Elizabeth Bickford Craig of Malden, Mass., celebrated her ninetyfirst birth anniversary, surrounded by her children and visited by former friends and acquaintances during the afternoon and evening, when she was the recipient of many gifts, letters, congratulations and happily expressed sentiment on attractive post cards.”

— Jeff Lagasse