PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — A few showers and wind gusts didn’t keep people away as Presque Isle celebrated community and the outdoors during the second annual Fiddlehead Festival over the weekend.
For the first time since COVID-19 shut off public events in 2019, the Aroostook River Fun Run returned, co-sponsored by the Washburn and Presque Isle Rotary Clubs.
Runners and bicyclists took off in Presque Isle and watercraft started the run at the Thomas Brewer Park and boat landing in Washburn, all bound for the grand finish and lunch at the Presque Isle Fish and Game Club.
Though only three in number, cyclists were enthusiastic as they gathered with supportive onlookers for the 10 a.m. start on Saturday morning at the SAD 1 bus garage on the Parsons Road.
Jeff and Karen Allen traveled to Presque Isle from Waterville to be part of the event, and demonstrated their e-bikes to an interested audience. Also riding was Phil Boody of New Sweden.
At Riverside Park, the Presque Isle Farmers Market celebrated opening day for the 2022 season as part of the festival.
Newcomers to the market were Bethany and Andrew Bellamy of Angelus Bell Farms in Fort Fairfield, who sold fiddleheads as well as shoots and microgreens. While shoots are the first, or sprouting, stage of a plant, nutrient-dense microgreens are the second stage, Bethany Bellamy said.
People strolled under and around the park’s pavilion, visiting about 11 vendors selling fresh meat and produce, maple products, confections, ceramics, jewelry and more.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — May 21, 2022 — Bethany and Andrew Bellamy, with son Edmund in tow, started their first season at the Presque Isle Farmers Market on Saturday. The Bellamy’s own Angelus Bell Farms in Fort Fairfield and sold sprouts and microgreens. (Paula Brewer | The Star-Herald)
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — May 21, 2022 — Lining their rides up for the start of the bicycle leg of the Aroostook River Fun Run on Saturday are, from left, Phil Boody of New Sweden and Karen and Jeff Allen of Waterville. The event was part of Presque Isle’s Fiddlehead Festival. (Paula Brewer | The Star-Herald)
