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Union Fair will begin this week

The Union Fair, home of the Maine Wild Blueberry Festival, is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 21, through Saturday, Aug. 28, at the fairground on Fairground Lane in Union. Major events include contests, live music, harness racing, the Wine Pavilion, fireworks, the Maine Wild Blueberry Queen Coronation, demolition derby, exhibits, demonstrations and shows, Midway, 4-H exhibits, […]

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Antiques festival organizers cancel event

UNION — The Maine Antiques Festival, scheduled for Aug. 6-8 at the Union Fairgrounds, has been canceled. A news release from festival organizers cited a last-minute disruption in the supply chain by the providing tent and table company as the primary issue. No suitable solution could be found at this late date. Festival organizers plan […]

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Union library offers editorial cartoon exhibit

UNION — Vose Library will host an exhibit of the editorial cartoons of Douglas Coffin. Coffin’s single-panel, black-and-white cartoons were a popular feature of the upstart Waldo Independent — a Belfast-based weekly newspaper that from 1985 to 2008, provided competition to the deep-rooted Republican Journal, offering an alternative perspective on local news and issues. Coming […]