Voting ends Sunday: St. John awaits final tally in America's Main Street contest

Standing in line at the Cook Shack during St. John's Stock Show last month, St. John residents Amanda Webb, Jessiann Loomis and Valerie Brewer were anxiously awaiting the food they can only get once a year, but they also kept checking their emails.

They were waiting for the message from Independent We Stand to tell them if St. John had made it into the top 25 of America's Main Street contest.

When Loomis checked her email and a look of shock came over her, Webb could not believe it.

“I said, 'You're messing with me!'” Webb recalled.

“Val, Jessiann and I just started screaming.

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