The winner of the “Taste of Farmington” competition by the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce on Chester Greenwood Day is Beaver Lodge at the University of Maine at Farmington.
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Chester Greenwood items on loan to historical society
FARMINGTON — The Farmington Historical Society has received on loan Chester Greenwood’s roll-top desk, his office typewriter, adding machine and check writer. The Greenwood collection also includes many earmuffs and handmuffs that were samples to choose colors and advertisements. All items are on loan to the society from grandson George Greenwood and his children. When […]
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Chester Greenwood Day: How it All Began
It’s now been 40-years since the first Chester Greenwood Day. It’s double that, or 80 years now, since the time of the famed inventor’s death in 1937. It’s thus an appropriate occasion to take a quick look at “Chester,” the name by which most people refer to him. More importantly, it’s also an occasion to […]
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41st Chester Greenwood Day draws hundreds to Farmington
Courtney Austin of the 21st Century Kids of Franklin after-school program hands a candy cane to Abigail Toothaker, 5, during the Chester Greenwood parade in Farmington on Saturday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) FARMINGTON — Hundreds took in the 41st annual Chester Greenwood Day celebration Saturday as dozens of floats representing “Favorite Childhood Toy” paraded through the […]
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Earmuffs plentiful at Chester Greenwood Day
FARMINGTON — Earmuffs were the theme, but Christmas, crafts, competition and cold water also played roles on Saturday during Chester Greenwood Day in Farmington. This was the 40th year Farmington native Chester Greenwood has been celebrated for his invention of earmuffs, and the day was presented by the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce. “Chester Greenwood […]
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Messy weather doesn’t hamper earmuff parade in Farmington
FARMINGTON — Hundreds of people dressed for inclement weather lined both sides of Saturday morning’s route for the 38th annual Chester Greenwood Day Parade. Many wore earmuffs in honor of Chester Greenwood, who, about 140 years ago at the age of 15 invented ear guards, albeit more mundane than today’s colorful and zany varieties. “I […]
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The Greenwood Dining Room to open soon in Farmington
FARMINGTON — A historic Front Street building, once the site of the Chester Greenwood earmuff factory, is undergoing alterations for the opening of The Greenwood Dining Room. Farmington’s newest restaurant will open in August, owners John Moore and Jennifer Bjorn said. From factory to dry cleaner to bike and stove shop, the newly renovated space […]
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Chester Greenwood’s birthday celebrated this weekend
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Chamber of Commerce will host the 37th celebration of earmuff inventor Chester Greenwood’s birthday on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 6 and 7. Festivities will include a birthday cake, a parade and craft fairs, continuing the tradition of marking Greenwood’s birth on the first Saturday in December. On Friday, the Arts […]