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Newark Strawberry Festival canceled for second consecutive year View Comments NEWARK The Newark Kiwanis Club announced the cancellation of the Newark Strawberry Festival for a second consecutive year due to ongoing health concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic. The annual three-day festival draws more than 30,000 visitors to downtown Newark the weekend after Memorial Day. The festival, a fundraiser for Camp O Bannon, a summer camp for low-income and at-risk children, and other local charities, raised a record $34,403 in 2014. The Kiwanis Club canceled the festival s 37th annual event in 2020, during the early months of the pandemic. The county has endured more than 16,000 COVID-19 cases, 341 hospitalizations and 210 deaths, while the state has had more than 1 million cases, almost 57,000 hospitalizations and 19,000 deaths. ....