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UPDATE: Maritime Festival Will Happen, Rain or Shine

Coordinator hopes all the rain will come down on Friday.

"Let it all come down today," said Linda Ortiz, as she was helping set up classic boat displays in on a rainy Friday morning.

In true maritime spirit, Ortiz confirmed that no matter if it does rain all weekend, the 22nd annual Greenport Maritime Festival will go on both Saturday and Sunday and no events will be canceled, including Friday night's land and sea reception at the at 6 p.m.

"If it rains heavily tomorrow, come on Sunday," she said. "We'll see what happens."

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