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New Gloucester’s Mindful Folk Farm to host fall craft festival

The organizers put the fair together in wake of the cancellation of the Common Ground Fair.

| Kristen McNerny, The Forecaster |

This year’s cancellation of the annual Common Ground Fair in Unity due to the pandemic was disappointing to New Gloucester fiber maker Hannah Welling and Yarmouth Farmers Market manager Amy Sinclair, so they decided to put on a fair of their own.

From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 25, Welling and Sinclair will present the Harvest Moon Craft Festival at Welling’s Mindful Folk Farm in New Gloucester where she raises sheep and angora goats.

With over 30 vendors signed on, the festival at 290 Morse Road will provide an opportunity for local craftspeople who had been set to participate in Common Ground Fair to kick off their fall season, Welling said.

“This was a blow for a lot of Maine small businesses,” she said, including her own. Keep reading