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Article: Dexter rounds up food, fun for Wild West Weekend
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- July 19, 2008
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DEXTER - Tighten that lasso, shine those spurs, saddle up your
steed and head for Dexter for the annual Wild West Weekend on Aug. 1-
3, sponsored by the Dexter Regional Development Corp.
The event began six years ago as a pick-me-up for the town after
Dexter Shoe Co. ceased its manufacturing operations in this
Penobscot County community. It was so successful at bringing
together the community, organizations and businesses and helping the
local economy that organizers continued the event over the years.
"We have been receiving calls from vendors, musicians and event
planners since the end of last year," organizer and DRDC president
Judy Wilbur Craig said in a prepared press release. "Wild ...