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Nashville singer to headline 1st Northern Maine Summerfest next month
A national recording artist will come north next month for Madawaska’s inaugural Northern Maine Summerfest. Cody Lohden, who is signed to Nashville-based DeVille Records, will headline the festival. He will be supported by Anthony Todd, a Maine-based artist who blends country and hip-hop. It’s rare that nationally recognized artists...
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Jose and Bruce Capture Titles at 42nd annual Cary Classic
Eighty-eight golfers, including several past champions, competed on Sunday, July 12, in the 42nd annual Cary Classic Benefit Golf Tournament, the Jefferson Cary Foundation’s signature fundraising event supporting Cary Medical Center. Michael Bruce captured the Overall Men’s low gross title with an 18-hole score of 69, while Emily Jose...
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For Arts Sake: Fort Fairfield Brings Music Back in an Unusual Way.
FORT FAIRFIELD, Maine (WAGM) -The Fort Fairfield School Department encourages students to participate in the arts, through both visual art, theater and music. But for 2 years, the school didn’t have a music teacher. How the school is working to build the music program back, in a slightly unusual way.
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This Caribou street festival has been bringing crowds downtown for over a decade
“Thursdays on Sweden,” Caribou’s annual biweekly summer street fair, is now in full swing and is continuing to draw large crowds more than a decade after it launched. Now in its 13th year, the event organized by the Caribou Parks and Recreation Department includes live music, food and craft vendors, and a beer garden in Caribou’s downtown.
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Former logger’s art ushers a lumbermen’s museum into a new historical era
A series of eight donated watercolors will take one of Maine’s most popular lumber museums into a new era. “In order to grow we need to branch out and we are testing the waters,” said Dottie Tucker, the Patten Lumbermen’s Museum’s new executive director. The lumbermen’s...
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Aroostook House of Comfort hosts 13th Annual Golf Classic
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine – The Aroostook Hospice Foundation proudly hosted its 13th Annual Golf Classic on Saturday, June 20 at the Presque Isle Country Club, raising approximately $96,000 to support the Aroostook House of Comfort. The tournament brought together an incredible show of community support, with 161 sponsors, 45 teams, 38 raffle and prize donors, 13 in-kind donors and 31 volunteers helping make this year’s event another tremendous success.
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Native American veterans honored during ceremony
HOULTON, Maine – Veterans Day is traditionally held every Nov. 11, but that is not the only time Native servicemen and women are honored. On Sunday, June 21, the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians paid tribute to its tribal citizens who served their country during a Native American Veterans Day celebration. A small gathering of about 30 people attended Sunday morning’s salute to tribal veterans, both past and present.
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Star-Spangled Sing-Off Local Winner Candace Bosse Shares About Her First Round Win.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - We begin a new summer series called For Arts Sake, where, every Tuesday through the summer, we are going to take a good look at arts in the County, ranging from music to dance to theater, even to the health benefits of the arts for those who take part both in school and through adulthood! We are kicking off the series with a solid start, as we get to know the local winner of the Star Spangled Sing Off, Candace Bosse. NewsSource 8’s Kelly O’Mara sat down with her today to hear her story and what the Star Spangled Banner means to her.