JULY CELEBRATION

THE 47^{TH WINDJAMMER DAYS}

UNCLE SAM(ple) WANTS YOU

AWAITING THE TOUR OF THE U.S.S. SAMUEL B. ROBERTS

COLD RIVER VODKA

A SCENE FROM LAST YEAR’S FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION at the Boothbay Common. The BCA invites everyone to its 23^{rd annual event on Saturday, July 4 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Staff File Photo}

THE 47^{TH WINDJAMMER DAYS was wet – for the most part -- but the weather held off for the annual Street Parade Wednesday afternoon, June 24. Here, the third-place Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library/CLICK float cruises down Townsend Avenue past the newspaper office.}

UNCLE SAM(ple) WANTS YOU to help raise American flags. Linc Sample and the Deuce launched the “Display the Colors” fund-raising campaign at the Windjammers Day Parade last Wednesday. The local selectman is hoping to raise enough money to place American flags on telephone poles around the region. Staff Photo/John Edwards

AWAITING THE TOUR OF THE U.S.S. SAMUEL B. ROBERTS are, from left, from Senator Susan Collin’s Maine office William S. Card; veteran sailors, Harold F. Goodwin, Craig McGivney, John LaFlamme and John T. Grzybowski; for Senator Collins, Andrew Allen summer intern. Staff Photo/Diane Randlett

COLD RIVER VODKA will serve some of its award-winning libations at one of the two-dozen food-and-drink tables at the July 9 Gala Preview Party for Antiques in the Gardens. Photo by Barbara Freeman