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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.”
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LEWISTON The owners of JAR Cannabis Co. need more stock to open more stores, so they’re investing $3.18 million to turn warehouse space on Westminster Street into a recreational grow facility and eventual company headquarters.
Joel Pepin of Auburn, one of the three partners, said Wednesday that the size, zoning and utilities, as well as all three owners’ local connections, made the space a great choice.
Joel Pepin stands inside JAR Cannabis Co.’s Windham medical marijuana storefront.
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“For us, the past couple of years, the company’s undergone tremendous growth,” Pepin said. “We’re really proud to be in the position that we’re in, certainly lucky to be doing this in Maine at a time adult use is launching, so it certainly is a culmination of being at the right place at the right time.”