Historic villages, a ‘Charlotte’s Web’ recreation, and a real rodeo are just some of the many highlights at the state’s agricultural fairs this year.
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Save the date for these 16 upcoming Maine fairs
Maine’s agricultural fairs are an annual attraction for thousands looking for fun, food, entertainment and education.
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Skowhegan State Fair opens Thursday
The fair is the nation’s oldest consecutively running agricultural fair.
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Maine Grains is a finalist in first ever ConsciousCPG Awards
The new award recognizes “Purpose, Passion, Planet, People, and Prosperity.”
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Classes that teach Maine’s food insecure how to cook are under grave threat
Federal funding for the classes was eliminated by Congress. To keep these classes going, Mainers will need to ‘Put a little more grit into the game.’
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Lego artist builds Maine in miniature at Kennebunk’s Brick Store museum
More than a dozen of Colby Adolphsen’s creations, from Nubble Lighthouse off York to Bangor’s Paul Bunyan statue, are at the museum through December.
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What’s for dessert? Tomatoes. For real
Step outside your comfort zone and try a tomato in a dessert. It’s a fruit, after all.
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Musician Lucy Dacus marries 3 Maine couples at Back Cove Festival
The onstage wedding ceremonies have been a feature at several of Dacus’ concerts this summer.
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Top 9 events in central Maine: theater, music, festivals and more
Events range from a Lyle Lovett concert in Sidney to China Community Days.
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Paddlers in birch bark canoes honor Wabanaki culture on Moosehead Lake
Over a dozen feather-light boats, built in the traditional Wabanaki style and known for their nimbleness, gathered at the Thoreau-Wabanaki Trail Festival.