Corinna looks to rebound with Old Home Days

From: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME | Date: June 29, 2006| Author: OF THE NEWS STAFF; SHARON KILEY MACK | Copyright information

CORINNA - Corinna Old Home Days, a four-day celebration of Corinna's determination to honor the past while looking toward the future, will begin today.

"We have so much to celebrate," Kay Gray, Corinna's economic development committee chairwoman, said recently. "Our town looks better than it ever did before."

The first events will be a 5 p.m. chicken barbecue at the American Legion Hall and a 7 p.m. Army Band concert on the town hall lawn. Corinna is rebounding from being declare...

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