Julia McCue

More than 75 boys from three counties entered the derby, which was held every July. The champion was awarded “the gleaming 14-inch silver globe, known as the M.E. Coyle Trophy, a gold medal and a gold wrist watch.”

In the late 1960s, crews took down the houses and businesses that lined Franklin Street. About 130 buildings were demolished on Franklin and some of its intersecting streets. The purpose was to give motorists easier access to Portland’s downtown. Proponents of the scheme believed that it would help…