OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Today, there are few remnants of the former dummy railroad, which provided daily rail service in the summers from 1880-1923 from downtown Old Orchard Beach to the pier at Camp Ellis. A new photography exhibit at the Harmon Museum, however, gives visitors a glimpse back in time to when the rail […]

The outside of the former Bay View Convent Building, seen Tuesday afternoon in Saco. A housing development has been approved on this site. Some residents abutting the proposed development have filed a lawsuit against the city and the developer, saying a city-approved contract zone for the housing development is illegal. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

Kim Foster of Sanford reaches for a branch of newly-golden leaves Tuesday at the Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm toward the end of a leisurely nature walk with friend Sarah Cannon, who is not pictured. (JEFF LAGASSE/ Journal Tribune)

SACO — Some abutters of a proposed housing development on the former Bay View Convent property are saying the contract zone that allowed the project is illegal, and have filed a lawsuit against the city and the developer. The former convent building at 187 Bayview Road was built in the 1870s as a hotel, and […]

BIDDEFORD — On the scrubbed and polished wooden floor of the old Pepperell Mill, there rests a nine foot wide, 72-foot long piece of stark white crochet work. It took 86,617 feet of yarn to produce and there are 1,521 rows.     Amy Stacey Curtis worked on the piece for an hour a day, every day, […]

Amy Stacey Curtis carefully adjusts an hourglass that is part of her installation, “Time,” which opened Saturday at Pepperell Mill and is ongoing through Oct. 28. TAMMY WELLS/ Journal Tribune

Hourglasses, as seen from the “Time” art installation inside the Pepperell Mill Saturday. The interactive installation by Amy Stacey Curtis is ongoing, open daily from noon to 5 p.m. through Oct. 28. TAMMY WELLS/ Journal Tribune

Members of the Old Orchard Beach American Legion Post 57 gather for a photo with Alma Gaulin, seated, who served with the Marines in World War II, and Rep. Linda Valentino. The legion members are Bill Schlatterer, Loring “Bob” Newcomb, Lucky Bernier, Ralph Pettengill, Rober Boucher, Irving Merrithew, Tom Carter and Mike Filosa. The legion […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Alma Okland Gaulin was visiting friends in Phoenix, Ariz. in the early 1940s when she saw a recruiting sign for the U.S. Marines. She joined up, unbeknownst to her family. But she was over 21 years old, and when she returned to her home Minnesota before heading for training at Camp […]

Rich crimson reds, lavish oranges, golds and browns are the evidence of fall. The leaves are turning and in some areas, already near peak. And while Wednesday’s rain dashed some autumn leaves to the ground, there are still plenty around to delight the eyes. This is the time of year for a drive in the […]