Emily Parker
Number of articles: 2First article: September 17, 2004
Latest article: September 24, 2004
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A Day in Maine: Cumberland?s 133rd annual County Fair
50,000 people estimated to celebrate season at Cumberland?s showcase of rural life
In E.B. White's Charlotte's Web, the fair is where everything is resolved: Wilbur the pig is prized instead of becoming a side dish to eggs. On the other hand, of course?no offense to Wilbur?sausage ranks high on my list of fair food. But whether you prefer to sample the animals or watch them nurse little Wilburs, the Cumberland County Fair is the place to be.
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A Day in Maine: Bath?s fun-filled Loony Lagoon
I'm in a UFO, peering out a porthole window at a two-headed alligator, a giant lobster attacking a trap and a jail cell. I should be dreaming, but this scene is 79-year-old Philip Day's reality: It is his backyard of crazy constructions, a West Bath quasi-theme park that he has deemed the Loony Lagoon.