NORWAY — The 47th annual celebration of visual and performing arts will kick off Thursday with the opening of the Norway Arts Festival. The Western Maine Arts Group and Norway Downtown co-sponsor the annual festival, which will be held July 10-13. In addition to a sidewalk arts sale, the festival includes crafts, dance, theater and […]
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Sue Conroy, key player in Moxie Festival, dies
LISBON — When you start talking to folks about Susan Conroy, a few themes begin to emerge: She was a people person. She worked tirelessly and she never wanted to claim credit for her achievements. You might even say Susan Conroy had moxie. A key figure behind the annual Moxie Festival, Conroy died unexpectedly Wednesday […]
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Dixfield church to host annual Strawberry Festival
DIXFIELD — The Dixfield Congregational Church is hosting its annual Strawberry Festival from 7:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 28, to raise money for future church functions, the Rev. John Gensel said Thursday afternoon. The breakfast will last from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m., with the menu featuring a variety of items, including Belgian waffles with […]
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Old Port Festival kicks off in Portland
PORTLAND (AP) — The 41st annual Old Port Festival is getting under way in earnest with a day of circuses and scavenger hunts in Portland, Maine. The festival, which celebrates the waterfront of Maine’s largest city, began on Friday evening and continues Saturday. It will include a downtown scavenger hunt that begins at 1 Monument […]
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Maine celebrates Greenhouse and Nursery Day
AUGUSTA — Mainers are celebrating the greenhouses and nurseries used to cultivate plants in their often chilly climate. The state’s annual celebration is Saturday with facilities across the state opening their doors with planned events that include raffles, planting demonstrations, tours and speakers. The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry says more than half […]
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Norway Downtown Halloween Festival broke records
NORWAY — The ninth annual Norway Downtown Halloween Festival was a record breaking success with more than 2,500 children and adults participating. The smiling participants made their way along Main Street trick-or-treating, entering raffles, playing games and enjoying refreshments. Along the journey they met with Smokey The Bear, Cat In The Hat, Sparky, Baxter, Newbie, […]
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American Folk Festival one of many catalysts for revitalized Bangor Waterfront
The attractive brick sidewalks and iron railings, the sculptures, the wide green lawn and seasonal entertainment staging are now part of the everyday landscape of the Bangor Waterfront. It’s easy to take the kids and the dog for a stroll along the trail, watch boats ply the river and enjoy lunch at a food truck, […]
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Tens of thousands turn out for food, fun, friends at festival
LEWISTON — Tens of thousands of people turned out for the Great Falls Balloon Festival Friday evening, but not just for the balloons. “The excitement, the food,” said Rita Dick of Auburn, as the smell of fried dough and sausages wafted over to the shady spot she shared with her in-laws. “We’ve been eating since […]
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KahBang kicks off in Bangor
Friday might have been a wash, but the music, food and fun on Saturday at the KahBang Festival on Bangor’s Waterfront was full of unlimited sunshine and not a cloud in the sky. The fifth edition of the yearly festival brought more than 60 bands and between three and four thousand people to Bangor to […]
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Inaugural Celtic music festival in Franklin, Oxford counties targets cultural tourists
Phill McIntyre has been like a patient gardener cultivating the seed of an idea that came to him about a decade ago at the Celtic Colours International Festival on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. He started going there in 2000 — initially, he says, as a fan of Celtic music and then as a cultural […]