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CATEGORIES:Festivals/Celebrations
CREATED:20260309T155238
SUMMARY:Benton Alewife Festival
LOCATION:Benton Town Office\, 1279 Clinton Ave.\, Benton
DESCRIPTION:<p><span>Join us for a day of fun at the Benton Alewife Festival, a free co
 mmunity event celebrating the annual return of the alewives to the Sebastic
 ook River. This event includes live music, food, samples of smoked alewives
 , arts &amp; crafts, face painting, demonstrations and activities for all a
 ges.</span></p><p><span>Since the removal of the Edwards Dam in Augusta and
  the Halifax Dam in Winslow the alewives, also known as river herring, have
  begun to return each year from the ocean up the Sebasticook river to their
  freshwater habitat. Benton is now home to the largest alewife “run” in the
  United States with more than 9 million fish passing through the fish eleva
 tor in 2025. Because of this massive migration, the river is also host to t
 he largest gathering of Bald Eagles in the Northeast. So come and see this 
 amazing spectacle!</span><img src="images/Benton_Alewife_Festival_2026.jpeg
 " alt="Benton Alewife Festival 2026" width="435" height="580" /></p>
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><span>Join us for a day of fun at the Benton Alewife Festival, a free co
 mmunity event celebrating the annual return of the alewives to the Sebastic
 ook River. This event includes live music, food, samples of smoked alewives
 , arts &amp; crafts, face painting, demonstrations and activities for all a
 ges.</span></p><p><span>Since the removal of the Edwards Dam in Augusta and
  the Halifax Dam in Winslow the alewives, also known as river herring, have
  begun to return each year from the ocean up the Sebasticook river to their
  freshwater habitat. Benton is now home to the largest alewife “run” in the
  United States with more than 9 million fish passing through the fish eleva
 tor in 2025. Because of this massive migration, the river is also host to t
 he largest gathering of Bald Eagles in the Northeast. So come and see this 
 amazing spectacle!</span><img src="https://midmainechamber.com/images/Bento
 n_Alewife_Festival_2026.jpeg" alt="Benton Alewife Festival 2026" width="435
 " height="580" /></p>
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