The break dance group The Orphanage Crew attracted a lot of attention when group members, pictured here, performed at the Third annual Bacon Street Festival Sunday. (DINA MENDROS/Journal Tribune)

Peter Brissette looks at historical documents detailing the history of the Hussey Seating Company at the business’s on-site museum in North Berwick on Friday. The company celebrated its 175th Anniversary with guided tours, a barbecue, and speeches from U.S. Senator Susan Collins and members of the Hussey family. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

BIDDEFORD — After much debate, Mayor and School Committee Chairman Joanne Twomey made an “executive decision” on Tuesday to remove School Committee member Peggy Bean from the School Committee’s transportation committee. Bean missed three consecutive meetings during the current calendar year, which requires the dismissal of the offending committee member, according to the Biddeford School […]

U.S. Senator Susan Collins delivers a speech at the 175th Anniversary celebration of the Hussey Seating Company in North Berwick on Friday. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

Tim Hussey, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hussey Seating Company, delivers a speech at the company’s 175th Anniversary celebration Friday in North Berwick. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

NORTH BERWICK — For 175 years, one family has been at the helm of Hussey Seating Company in North Berwick, and as it sought to remind people on Friday, that’s a long time. Friday evening marked the 175th anniversary celebration of the seating manufacturer, and as throngs of media, employees and others flooded the company […]

A sign near the entrance to the Hussey Seating Company complex in North Berwick, seen Friday. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

Museum Specialist Cynthia Walker looks at an old swimming trophy from the Kennebunk Beach Improvement Association at the Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk on Tuesday; the KBIA lent several historical items to the museum to commemorate its centennial. The non-profit organization will host a beach cleanup and barbecue over the weekend in acknowledgment of its […]

KENNEBUNK — If museums are the stewards of history, then the Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk will have its hands full through September. Its latest exhibit celebrates the centennial anniversary of the Kennebunk Beach Improvement Association, and while artifacts from the KBIA’s past fit easily into one of the museum’s rooms, those 100 years of […]

KENNEBUNK — Regional School Unit 21 is awaiting word on whether the school district will qualify for up to $1 million in state funding to help with renovations to the ailing Middle School of the Kennebunks. Improvements to the building will take place over the next year, regardless of whether the district qualifies for state […]