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The Western Maine Foothills Band, led by conductor and trumpeter Paul Harnden, performs at Meetinghouse Park in Farmington Monday, June 27. The multigenerational band reunited this year after being unable to perform together since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Kay Neufeld/Franklin Journal
The Western Maine Foothills Band, led by conductor and trumpeter Paul Harnden, performs at Meetinghouse Park in Farmington Monday, June 27. It’s the first summer season that the band has played together in Farmington since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Kay Neufeld/Franklin Journal

Kay Neufeld is a business reporter with the Portland Press Herald, covering labor, unions and Maine's workforce; lobstering, fisheries and the working waterfront. They also love telling stories that illustrate...