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Cannabis Carnival

Celebrate New England’s cannabis culture at this Massachusetts festival.

If you’ve missed socializing with other cannabis enthusiasts over the last 18 months, you’ll want to mark August 20 and 21 on your calendar. Those are the dates of the 2021 Terptown Throwdown, a cannabis-themed music and arts festival featuring live bands, working artists, a variety of vendors, and tasty treats. The winners of the Throwdown’s homegrown cannabis competition will also be announced.

Held in Spencer, Massachusetts, at the Spencer Fairgrounds, the two-day festival, founded as an annual event in 2017, will host musical acts including Fortunate Youth, Tropidelic, Soul Rebel Project, and The Movement. Several visual artists will create and sell paintings and other work. Get tickets via the festival’s website.

Homegrown Gear This New Hampshire out tter manufactures all of its outdoor clothing in New England.

Founded in Lincoln, New Hampshire, in 2019, Burgeon Outdoor makes and sells clothing and gear for backpackers, hikers, and other outdoor enthusiasts. All of it is designed, tested, and manufactured in New England. The company uses American-made fabrics whenever possible.

Burgeon donates 5 percent of its sales to nonpro ts that work to protect the environment, support public health initiatives, and bolster the economies of remote mountain communities. The company’s owners and employees also maintain the White Mountains’ iconic Old Bridle Path trail located in Franconia Notch.

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BY THE NUMBERS

400

MILES

The total length of Rhode Island’s shoreline

SOURCE: RI.gov

2

BEACHES

The number of New England beaches included on TripAdvisor’s 2020 list of the top 25 in the US

SOURCE: tripadvisor.com

75K

PEOPLE

Ogunquit, Maine’s summertime population, up from 1,300 during the winter months

SOURCE: maine.com

REVEL IN THE DARK

Experience the magic of the night sky in Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness.

If you’re looking for a unique summer getaway, consider a backpacking trip to the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Maine Woods Dark Sky Park. Last May the International Dark-Sky Association named this 75,000-acre parcel, located in the state’s 100-Mile Wilderness, an International Dark Sky Park—a status given to land that has scientifi c, educational, and cultural signifi cance in addition to extraordinary views of the night sky. The uninhabited tract of forest is one of the darkest places on the East Coast.

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Breathe the sweetness that hovers in August.”

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VOX POPULI Question: If someone o ered to pay for you to take a summer vacation, where would you go?

ERNIE GREENSLADE

Director of public relations Portsmouth, NH

___________________ I live in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and while I love to travel, I choose to stay home in the summer because summers are so perfect here.

BETH TOZIER HEINRICH

O ce manager Milton, MA

___________________ I’d go back to Hawaii but choose a diff erent island this time—probably Kauai as I like it a little quieter than the bustle of Oahu.

ANNETTE LANGKOPF

Dental assistant Dracut, MA

___________________ Into space on one of the new passenger rockets. If someone else is paying, go big or stay home.

KAREN STAIRS

Daycare worker Lowell, MA

___________________ I’d go camping in in New Boston, New Hampshire, or York, Maine.

SONIA FURTADO

Manager Boston, MA

___________________ Italy!

A Cannabis Grand Tour

Visit Greater Boston’s top cannabis-related sites car-free.

Boston Cannabis Tours off ers visitors and locals a chance to learn how cannabis vapes, edibles, and tinctures are made, with a few free samples thrown in for good measure. Some tours even off er customers the opportunity to combine their cannabis sightseeing with other fun activities like craft brewery tours, shopping, and visiting historic places, such as the location of the Boston Tea Party.

Beverage Booster

Enhance your favorite thirst-quencher with these water-soluble cannabis extracts.

Georgetown, Massachusetts-based LEVIA, a company best known for its fruit- avored THC-infused seltzers, has recently launched a line of tinctures that can be added to any type of beverage. O ering exibility in dosing, the cannabis-infused drops are available in three varieties: Achieve, Celebrate, and Dream, each made from a blend of cannabis strains. The tinctures are calorie-, sugar-, and alcohol-free and can be purchased at Massachusetts dispensaries. Each 1-ounce bottle contains about 60 5-mg doses. $80.

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