WALDOBORO — Medomak Valley Land Trust’s sixth annual River Festival will take place Saturday, Sept. 1 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Waldoboro village. A 5K road race, beginning on School Street, will start at 8 a.m. with registration at 7:30 a.m.

The festival features local food vendors, a vegetable contest, music from Steelin’ Thunder, boat building, a critter corner and touch tank for kids, and farmers, artisans and conservation groups from throughout the Medomak River watershed. River Festival is fun for the whole family, and admission is free.

For more information on the race or festival, to volunteer, or for event details, visit medomakvalley.org or call MVLT at 832-5570.

Medomak Valley Land Trust has been working for 20 years to promote and preserve the natural, recreational, and scenic character and the traditional land uses of the Medomak River watershed.

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The marine touch tank gives children, and their equally excited parents, a chance to get close to marine life.