Video: Fireworks and freedom at the Lewiston-Auburn Liberty Festival on the Fourth of July

Thousands gathered for this year's Liberty Festival on both sides of the Androscoggin River to eat, listen to music and watch the fireworks.

PHOTOS: Saluting the American flag during Liberty Festival in Lewiston

Street Talk: A midsummer night’s scream

Writer Mark LaFlamme attends this year's Fourth of July festivities as good-old Yankee Doodle Downer.

Volunteers sought for Rumford Fourth of July

“If (volunteers) could give an hour or two, that would be perfect," said Dan Richard, member of the Fourth of July Committee.

280 people a day land in ER for injuries from fireworks around July 4

The injuries most often affect hands and fingers. And sparklers can be dangerous, too.

Lou Gehrig and born on the Fourth of July

The 4th of July is our holiday — not Trump’s

We, the people, have been celebrating July Fourth for decades — and that's how it should be. We don't need to reframe D.C.'s celebration.

USS Constitution sails Boston Harbor, fires guns

River Valley celebrates the Fourth

Record heat sends Mainers to beaches