Organizers cited the pandemic mandates and the number of visitors drawn to the three-day festival.
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Watch: With no Great Falls Balloon Festival, pilots gather for virtual launch
A couple balloon pilots take off Saturday morning from Simard-Payne Park in Lewiston for the Sun Journal’s tribute to the festival, which was canceled because of the pandemic.
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Enthusiasm rises though hot-air balloons were laid low Friday
The Great Falls Balloon Fest will try again Saturday and Sunday – and maybe Monday – to launch its stars into the firmament above Lewiston-Auburn.
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The strange tale of a Maine balloonist who vanished in 1885
Wealthy Frederick Gower disappeared after his balloon wound up in the English Channel and put an end to his plan to develop a way to drop dynamite on London or Paris in future wars with the help of wind-borne bombing.
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Great Falls and a great balloon festival in Lewiston
The annual balloon festival in Lewiston is just one of the great things happening in western Maine this summer. Here’s a sample of activities to choose from.