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FARMINGTON, Maine — Chester Greenwood was a 15-year-old bestowed with generous ears when he decided he had had enough of the biting cold while ice skating in 1873. The first earmuffs were then born, fashioned from farm wire with fur sewn on them by his grandmother.
Greenwood made improvements and sold hundreds of thousands of “Champion Ear Protectors.”
It’s worth celebrating. So Greenwood’s hometown of Farmington is doing just that this weekend, as it has for nearly 40 years, with a parade in which residents proudly wear earmuffs.
“It’s unique. How many other little towns can celebrate earmuffs? Seriously,” said Nancy Porter, author of the self-published “Chester: More Than Earmuffs.”
