PORTSMOUTH Marianne Janik knows better than most people the need to adapt to a changing environment.
In a previous professional life as a National Institutes of Health scientist, she worked to save endangered species from extinction. In her current professional life, it was adaptation that pulled her through the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I studied adaptation and what animals do to survive. Only the strong succeed and the strong are the ones that adapt,” said Janik, a jewelry artist who recently opened her Calli b. brick and mortar store at 21 Daniel St. in downtown Portsmouth after years of traveling with what she calls her “boutique on the road” to arts and craft shows and fairs throughout the Northeast.
Topsham Fair to return in August, but will likely look different It may not be a full-blown fair, but it will be a fair, said Topsham Fair President Leon Brillant.
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The Topsham Fair, which was canceled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, is set to return in August.
“It may not be a full-blown fair, but it will be a fair,” Topsham Fair President Leon Brillant said.
The state is still developing guidelines for fairs to open, according to Melissa Jordan, the agriculture promotions coordinator for the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.
The festival was scheduled for July 16-18, but the Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce and other organizers said there are too many uncertainties about the pandemic to hold the event, which in recent years has drawn as many as 150,000 visitors.
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