Saturday, June 21, has been selected for 2008’s Waldoboro Day, continuing a decades-long tradition of honoring small-town life on the Maine coast. A full day of varied activities will hold something of interest for everyone.
One of the unique features of this year’s festival will be the dedication of a plaque honoring early settlers of the area. Sponsored by the Old Broad Bay Family History Association, the plaque will be placed at the nearby Miller School.
Waldoboro Day’s agenda centers on a parade at 10AM through a downtown area filled with booths for food, local products, and information about local organizations. A 5-K race, sprints for kids, a ‘clam-hod’ relay, ring toss and other contests highlight the informal, small-town-fair atmosphere. Visitors may sponsor entries in the classic ‘Rubber Duck’ race, run over a course in the lower falls of the river.
Throughout the day, food courts will offer a variety of enticing fare, bands will be playing in the downtown area, and in the afternoon, nearby ball fields will be the site of the Little League Championship game, as well as a home-run derby open to all. And as the tide approaches its height in mid-afternoon, the Medomak Valley Land Trust will once again offer boats rides around Broad Bay in the estuary.
After dinner, the activity moves up-tempo, with a rock band performing in the street, and the traditional fireworks display bursting over the town.
Waldoboro day activities take place in the center of town, located 1/2 mile south of Moody’s Diner on route 220: the area is also reachable from the south by taking ‘Old Route 1’ , or Rte 32 off of Route 1. Although the actual downtown area is blocked to traffic, adequate parking is available nearby. For a more detailed schedule, Click Here, or contact co-chairs Claire Bowley (832-6286, cgb@taction.net) or Edward Fisher (832-0633, egfisher@roadrunner.com)
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Floats, antique and classic cars, historical displays, bicycles, bands, horses and whatever else you can dream up are needed for the Waldoboro Day parade, set Saturday, June 21. Let your imagination go.
The public is invited to become part of the parade, which will assemble at 9:30 a.m. at the VFW hall parking lot on Mill Street in Waldoboro. The parade starts at 10 a.m., wending its way up Jefferson Street and turning right onto Main Street, ending at the Medomak River bridge. Parade organizers Clint Collamore said he would like to see this be the most exciting parade ever. For more information, he can be reached at 832-4046, or email: cornfam@midcoast.com
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The Waldoboro Recreation Department, Waldoboro Little League and the Medomak Valley Community Foundation will host a free Aquafina® Major League Baseball Pitch Hit & Run™ Competition on Saturday, May 17, 2008 at Medomak Valley High School for boys and girls in the Midcoast region whose birthdates falls between 7/18/93 and 7/17/01. Registration begins at 1:00pm near the softball field. The rain date is Sunday, May 18th.
The Pitch, Hit & Run Competition is the Official Skills Competition of Major League Baseball®. This grassroots program is designed to provide youngsters with an opportunity to compete, free of charge, in a competition that recognizes individual excellence in core baseball skills. The competition includes pitching at a target, hitting baseballs from a fixed tee for distance and accuracy, and running from 2nd base to home plate for a timed score.
Competitors are divided into four age divisions: 7/8, 9/10, 11/12, 13/14 and have the chance to advance through four levels of competition, including the Team Championships at Fenway Park and the National Finals at the 2008 MLB™ All-Star Game®. The individual Pitching, Hitting and Running Champion along with the All Around Champion in each age group will advance to the sectional competition.
All participants must bring a birth certificate and complete a registration / waiver form prior to the start of the competition. For more information, please contact Kyle at the Waldoboro Recreation Department (832-5369) or check the events page at www.themvcf.org
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At their April 22, 2008 meeting, the Waldoboro Board of Selectman voted to change their May and early June meeting dates to the following:
These changes were approved to permit the Town Manager to participate as a coach for the Waldoboro Little League. The Board feels it is important for municipal employees to participate in community activities, especially youth programs.
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