OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The Harmon Museum has begun its summer hours, and this year brings a new exhibit about Old Orchard Street. The new exhibit, “Old Orchard Street, Then and Now,” which curator Jeanne Guerin said will run all summer, features photos of Old Orchard Street in modern times and from the past. Also […]

Six-year-old Maren Pinkham from West Paris appeared to be having a blast as she was jumping on one of the amusements at the 29th annual La Kermesse Franco-Americaine Festival on Saturday in Biddeford. (DINA MENDROS/Journal Tribune)

BIDDEFORD — Although the weather did not fully cooperate and attendance was not as high as was hoped for, the 29th annual La Kermesse Franco-Americaine Festival this past weekend was deemed a success, said the festival board’s president. With its new downtown location and some other changes that were made this year, the festival’s board […]

Gabriel Garneau walked into the vestry of North Parish Congregational Church one sunny June morning and examined the mural he had been painting over recent weeks and months. There was a part that just didn’t look the way he believed it should. He smeared the paint, took out his brush and painted some more. Garneau […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Town officials and community members paid tribute to the Police Chief Dana Kelley and celebrated the new police station during dedication ceremonies Thursday. The new police station on E. Emerson Cummings Boulevard has been in operation since late March, and provides 10,000 square feet of space, more than three times the […]

Town Manager Jack Turcotte and Old Orchard Beach Patrol Officer Scott Jarrett stand near a portrait of Police Chief Dana Kelley at a dedication ceremony Thursday night for the new police station. The two are standing in the Dana M. Kelley Community Room, which was dedicated to the police chief. (LIZ GOTTHELF/Journal Tribune)

SACO — A new generation of children are buying penny candy at the Way Way Store. The store, which is located at 93 Buxton Road, closed in 2003. Local historian and retired teacher Peter Scontras opened the store last Friday under a lease agreement with the Cousens family, which owns the store. The store is […]

Jacob Pelletier peruses the candy display with his mother, Lisa, Wednesday at the Way-Way general store in Saco, now open for business. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

BIDDEFORD — This weekend promises to be an extravaganza of fun ”“ as well as arts and culture ”“ in Biddeford and Saco. Events, both new and old, promise to offer something for just about everyone in the twin cities. The revamped La Kermesse Franco-Americaine Festival, which takes place Friday through Sunday, is in its […]

BIDDEFORD — Six college students spent eight hours riding bicycles from Salisbury, Mass. to Biddeford on Monday. The 85-mile trip was the first on their journey to help build the climate movement, discourage the use of fossil fuels, and document and share the efforts by local people to build more environmentally sustainable communities. The students, […]