Great weather, a packed line-up of events and some stellar performances brought large crowds to Fort Fairfield to celebrate the 70th Maine Potato Blossom Festival over the past nine days.
The Maine Potato Blossom Festival wrapped up Sunday. The weekend events were all over social media with the big parade on Saturday and the fireworks Sunday night.
People posted pictures and comments about the Maine Potato Festival on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. There are a lot of fun things happening in Fort Fairfield!
FORT FAIRFIELD, Maine (AP) — The Maine Warden Service has identified a teenage boy who drowned over the weekend while swimming with friends in the Aroostook River in Fort Fairfield.
Representatives from The Aroostook Medical Center and the town of Fort Fairfield have been working jointly for the last few years on a Community General Hospital Legacy Project that has brought both a memorial and a community garden to the site of the former hospital in Fort Fairfield.