Maine’s fairs, and some festivals, plan to return this summer and fall
By making adjustments and preparing to pivot, many organizers of the outdoor events believe they can safely resume the traditions this year.
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Lyle Merrifield, president of the Cumberland Fair, says the fair will be held this year, though he’s not sure what it will look like.
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In another sign that Mainers may soon be able to reclaim some of the small pleasures of their pre-pandemic lives, fairgrounds around the state will open this summer and fall for folks to mingle with barnyard animals or snack on fried dough and apple crisp.
Maine s fairs, and some festivals, plan to return this summer and fall
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KEVIN BURNHAM
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Trying not to sound too much like our old columnist Andy Rooney, who began several of his broadcasts with a question . but, did you ever have one of those nights where you can’t escape a half sleep, half awake dream?
I had one this week and it lasted for about four hours. The theme of the dream included a walk around my old neighborhood from my childhood home on Gilead Street. Somehow, somewhere and early on my brother, Glenn, joined up with me. We kept walking, and walking, and walking, and talked about who lived where back when we were growing up. We went up School Street, Eastern Avenue, Townsend Avenue, Union Street, Atlantic Avenue, West Street, Park Street, Kenney Field Drive, Oak Street, Commercial Street, etc. In my dream state, I really enjoyed the walk-and-talk, but when I was awake, I kept saying to myself that I have to stop, get some sleep – I have to work in the morning! About 2 a.m., I finally let go of the dream and went to s
JOSEPH CHARPENTIER
Boothbay Harbor’s first grand-scale lobster buoy tree. JOSEPH CHARPENTIER/Boothbay Register
From left, Tom Minerich, Eric Marden, Dianne Gimbel, Mark Gimbel, Eric Gimbel and Tim Weatherby. Courtesy photo
JOSEPH CHARPENTIER/Boothbay Register
Pier 1 in Boothbay Harbor is now illuminated with the town’s first large-scale Christmas buoy tree. The 20-foot wooden structure weighs in at 3,000 pounds and is outfitted with 800 lobster-pot buoys, 1,000 lights and is topped by a giant metal lobster. Over 20 businesses and people pitched in with money, manpower and materials.
Windjammer Emporium owner Mark Gimbel organized the construction procuring buoys from Bangor-based Mainely Buoys and ordering lights, Knickerbocker Group engineered and constructed the base, and Marden Builders owner Eric Marden used his bin lift to cover the high spots.
JOSEPH CHARPENTIER
Boothbay Harbor’s first grand-scale lobster buoy tree. JOSEPH CHARPENTIER/Boothbay Register
From left, Tom Minerich, Eric Marden, Dianne Gimbel, Mark Gimbel, Eric Gimbel and Tim Weatherby. Courtesy photo
JOSEPH CHARPENTIER/Boothbay Register
Pier 1 in Boothbay Harbor is now illuminated with the town’s first large-scale Christmas buoy tree. The 20-foot wooden structure weighs in at 3,000 pounds and is outfitted with 800 lobster-pot buoys, 1,000 lights and is topped by a giant metal lobster. Over 20 businesses and people pitched in with money, manpower and materials.
Windjammer Emporium owner Mark Gimbel organized the construction procuring buoys from Bangor-based Mainely Buoys and ordering lights, Knickerbocker Group engineered and constructed the base, and Marden Builders owner Eric Marden used his bin lift to cover the high spots.
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