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The Biden administration admitted it won’t reach its July 4 goal of vaccinating 70 percent of American adults with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Tuesday’s White House COVID-19 press briefing.
“Today I want to drill down on the numbers that show where we have made the most progress and where we have more work to do,” said Jeffrey Zients, President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 response coordinator. “We set 70% of adults as our aspirational target and we have met or exceeded it for most of the adult population.”
Zients said the U.S. would hit 70% for all adults 27 and older by July 4, but that the 18 to 26-year-old population is “where the country has more work to do.”
Business is booming for a Maine fireworks company after the pandemic wiped out most of last year's shows. “We lost $1.5 million in revenue last year,” Central Maine Pyrotechnics owner Steve Marson said. Sign up for our Newsletters Marson said he is ready for the return of fireworks shows, including in Portland where city officials announced Friday that the Fourth of July show will take place this year. Marson’s company does fireworks shows.
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LEWISTON The Liberty Festival is bringing back fireworks this year, but without the usual festivities. Meanwhile, the Great Falls Brewfest has been canceled, though its organizers are planning a new event later this year.
2013 Liberty Festival on the Fourth of July.
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The Liberty Festival, which celebrates Independence Day along the banks of the Androscoggin River, will take place at 9:30 p.m., Saturday, July 3, with a rain date of July 5.
Cathy McDonald, president of the Liberty Festival, compared this year’s celebration with that of previous years.
“Generally, we have a stage with full musical entertainment on the Lewiston and Auburn sides of the river, as well as food vendors and crafters,” McDonald said. “This year, because of COVID and social distancing and so forth, we’re doing fireworks only.”