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Presque Isle and the pieces are sold at auction that
evening. Yes, you may even have to wait for the paint
to dry before taking it home! Thursday, the Presque
Isle Elks Lodge will host the Street Fair with music,
food and entertainment. Friday & Saturday there will
be music, art and craft vendors, food vendors, balloon
glows and tethered balloon rides at the Northern
Maine Fairgrounds. G-Force Laser Tag will be on the
fairgrounds with their activities for the young and
young at heart. Saturday morning Lunar Chapter
#126 Order of Eastern Star will prepare a pancake
breakfast, which is open to the public. New to the
festival is the ”Balloon Fest Open Golf Tournament”
at the Presque Isle Country Club on Friday, August
24. The Aroostook Medical Center is combining their
annual golf tournament with the Crown of Maine
Balloon Fest. The Presque Isle Historical Society
invites you to experience the COMBF on “Molly the
Trolley” for only $5 per person, you will be picked up
at the Historic Fire Station on Church Street, go to
the Northern Maine Fairgrounds for launch, “chase”
a balloon, return to the launch field for the balloon
glow, then be dropped back off at the Fire Station.

If you are traveling north on Route 1 to
Presque Isle, look for the Maine Solar System Model
along the way. This model, started in 2000, was
developed as a community project without formal
sponsors or grants. All the planets are built as threedimensional models. The actual size of the sun, planets
and their moons and the distances between these
objects are 93,000,000 times the size of the model. It
takes sharp eyes to find all of the planets between the
Tourist Center in Houlton and the Northern Maine
Museum of Science in Folsom Hall on University of
Maine at Presque Isle campus.

If space, relaxation and a variety of activities
is your choice for a fun vacation, Central Aroostook
County is the place for you to visit this summer!
For more information on the treasures that await
you in Central Aroostook County, visit www.
centralaroostookchamber.com; www.visitaroostook.
com or call Central Aroostook Chamber at 207-7646561.

Caribou Inn 
Convention Center

19 Main Street, Intersection of US 1 & Rte 164
Caribou, Maine 04736
800.235.0466 or 207.498.3733
www.caribouinn.com
 73 Spacious Rooms
 Banquet Facilities
 Greenhouse Restuarant
 Gift Shop
 Albie’s Lounge
 Hair Dryers
 Fitness Center
 Coffee Makers & Irons
 Indoor Heated Pool & Jacuzzi

Presque Inn 
Convention Center

116 Main Street, US Rte 1
Presque Isle, Maine 04769
800.533.3971 or 207.764.3321
www.presqueisleinn.com

151 Quest Rooms & Suites
Gram Russo’s Italian Restuarant
 Frankie’s Lounge
 The Connection Lounge with
Live Entertainment
 Fitness Center

Indoor Heated Pool & Jacuzzi
Banquet Facilities
 Gift Shop
 Hair Dryers
 Coffee Makers & Irons

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