On Sunday, June 28, residents of the St. John Valley will gather to celebrate Maine Acadian Day, in honor of the first families who began the French settlement in 1785 in what then was known as the Madawaska Territory.
The duo hopes to create a new business with a funding model that’s rare in Maine, but also preserve the historic building.
“We’re not a Fourth of July town,” said Bondeson, whose great-great-great-grandmother was among the first 50 settlers. “We have Midsommar.”
They pivoted toward a cause everyone could get behind: access to dialysis treatments.
The Chasses join a growing number of homemade food and artisan businesses in rural Hodgdon, a food sovereign Aroostook County town.
The designer said it resembles an open-armed symbol from the United States that welcomes Acadians to the country.
“I kept waking up thinking, did this really happen?” Bert Padelt said from Luxembourg, where the Atlantic Explorer landed on June 7.
“It’s important to continue to have Pride festivals, especially for the youth who are maybe questioning or coming into their identities and seeking adult mentors.”
High pressure at the surface and aloft will continue to build across the Saint John Valley with very warm weather continuing through the end of the week.
Oliver Caron worked on multiple films for the Maine Mayhem Film Festival that will come to his hometown next week.
