HEBRON — When he was 12 years old, Harold Brooks stole a jar of sodium, hid it in a hay loft, and one day while his parents were out, dropped a piece into water. It exploded into his face. Blinded, he lay in the hospital, fragrant with his own singed hair, and listened to the doctor […]
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‘Redneck Blank’ hops foreclosure
HEBRON — Not even foreclosure can stop the rednecks. Days after half of his land was taken in foreclosure, Harold Brooks — organizer, construction worker and a man who dreamt up the largest gathering of rednecks in Maine — said he intends to pay his property tax bill to keep the Redneck Blank alive. Formerly […]
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Redneck and Wife: Nuptials take center stage as Hebron festival closes
HEBRON — Lucretia Blais is a bona fide city girl, born and raised in Lewiston-Auburn; she’s only redneck by marriage. And that’s official. Blais officially tied the knot with Jeffrey Gould of Lewiston on Saturday night on the stage at Hebron’s Redneck “Blank.” “They are not really giving us a lot of details on what’s […]
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Redneck Blank opens tonight in Hebron
HEBRON — The trek toward Hebron’s third annual Redneck Blank Pig Roast and Music Festival has begun. “There’s one guy from Florida who is driving all the way up the East Coast (to Hebron) and picking up people as he goes along in his RV,” said event organizer Harold Brooks. Brooks was setting up tents […]