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‘This is our own little Olympics’: Regatta kicks off first-ever L/A Riverfest
The cities of Lewiston and Auburn partnered with several community organizations to bring two-and-a-half days of riverside festivities to the Twin Cities this weekend, including boat races and music.
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LEWISTON The sun was out, the wind was still and the breeze was cool at 8 a.m. Saturday, perfect conditions to kick off the second of three days of festivities for the first-ever Lewiston/Auburn Riverfest.
The celebration of all things Androscoggin River, hosted by the cities of Lewiston and Auburn and several community partners, began Friday afternoon with Tree Street Youth’s 10th anniversary celebration at Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston.
This is our own little Olympics : Regatta kicks off first-ever L/A Riverfest
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Over the years Kellie Davis has seen people get married, throw baby showers, and then throw their kids’ baby showers, all at Valley Brewing Co., Stockton, the iconic pub she owns with her husband Eric on the Miracle Mile.
That’s why, when an electrical fire shut down the restaurant on Thursday morning, the outpouring of support Davis received from customers was overwhelming.
“It was absolutely incredible,” Davis said. With every call or text, Davis would think, “you just soothed my soul,” she said.
About 9 a.m. Thursday a neighbor standing in an adjacent parking lot noticed smoke billowing from Valley Brew s building and called 911, Eric Davis said. At about 9:30 a.m. the Stockton Fire Department arrived with seven trucks, Davis said. They entered through the pub’s back door and shut off its electricity and gas supplies, he said.
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Otterslide, an American IPA, is Lost Valley Brewing Co.’s No. 1-selling beer. By pure chance, brewer Darren Finnegan bought equipment to start canning one month before the start of the pandemic.
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AUBURN Darren Finnegan bought Lost Valley Brewing Co.’s first canning equipment a month before the pandemic. Thrilled by the timing, he spent three months canning beer in the morning and driving it to customers’ homes in the afternoon.
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Baxter Brewing Co. employees work on the canning line last week at the Lewiston brewery, which has nearly doubled in size over the past decade.
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LEWISTON The little craft brewery that started with eight employees, two beers and ambitious plans in a former cotton cleaning mill turned out its first can 10 years ago this week.
When Luke Livingston opened Baxter Brewing Co.’s doors as Maine’s 16th licensed brewery, it marked an early entry into what would become the state’s booming craft brew industry.
In 2021, Baxter is distributed in five states, has 10 beers in its pub and beat back against a pandemic with more boots on the ground.
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