BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 29, 2022
After the pandemic forced the cancellation of the 2020 Bangor State Fair and a scaled-back version of the affair in 2021, Corinna Caron thought this would be the year her 4-H beef club participants could finally show off their animals at the beloved agricultural event. But the city demolished the barns and other buildings used to house the livestock on the fairgrounds this spring. The three-year hiatus of any livestock events at the Bangor State Fair has forced Caron to instead bring buyers to her Corinna farm for a one-day steer and lamb show followed by an auction. Without it, members of the Penobscot Livestock 4-H Club would have to seek out buyers on their own and likely be forced to sell their animals for a fraction of what they attract at an auction.