FRYEBURG — Dwain Chase of Wilton was surprised last week with recognition by officials at Fryeburg Fair for his many years of service in the Steers and Oxen Information booth. On Monday Chase said he has been showing steers and oxen at Fryeburg Fair for 60 years. He has been a daily presence in the […]
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Franklin County well represented at Fryeburg Fair
FRYEBURG — Franklin County was well represented at Fryeburg Fair. Richard Marble of Farmington was kept busy selling Hotties from his food truck on the midway. The shepherd’s pie “hot pocket” style offering was a popular pick. Susun Terese owner of Minikins, a Farmington store, was seen replenishing a large display of her Polarfleece winter apparel […]
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Fair game: Children attracted to animals, amusements
FRYEBURG — The sixth day of the 168th Fryeburg Fair on Friday featured something that was missing the first five days: sunshine. With no rain and no clouds in sight, the fair was particularly busy Friday morning, with thousands of people on the grounds by 10 a.m. For some families, the game booths were more […]
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Man kicked by horse at Fryeburg Fair
FRYEBURG — A farmer was injured Friday night when he was kicked by his horse during a pulling event at the Fryeburg Fair, a fair spokesman said. The 59-year-old farmer was conscious when medical crews arrived, the spokesman said, but because it was a head injury, he was flown to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston […]
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Fryeburg Fair kicks off third day with gray skies, high spirits
FRYEBURG — The 168th annual Fryeburg Fair kicked off its third day Tuesday with gray skies, cool temperatures and light rain, but spirits remained high among fairgoers. Just six weeks earlier, on the evening of July 10, fair officials faced a crisis when fire destroyed the fairgrounds’ sheep and cattle barns, two of its oldest […]
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Fryeburg Fair organizers confident they can rebuild by opening
FRYEBURG — In the 60 years that Rachel Andrews Damon has been attending the Fryeburg Fair, she has never seen anything as bad as the fire that destroyed sheep and cattle barns Tuesday night and left six more buildings with melted fronts. “The fair is in its 168th year, and I can’t think of anything along […]
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Investigators: Fryeburg Fairgrounds fire started in electrical subpanel
An electrical malfunction is believed to have caused the fire that destroyed two large buildings and damaged several others at the Fryeburg Fairgrounds on Tuesday, a State Fire Marshal’s Office investigator said Wednesday. Sgt. Ken Grimes, a fire investigation supervisor, said witness interviews led his team to the area where the blaze originated in an […]
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Wayne 'Skip' E. Sampson
TURNER — Wayne “Skip” E. Sampson, 85, of Turner passed away Saturday, July 7, at his home, following a long illness. He was born July 1, 1933, in Turner, the son of Cleon Sampson and Margaret (Tidswell) Sampson. He attended Leavitt Institute in Turner. Skip proudly served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. On […]
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Animals, 4-H auctions draw people to Fryeburg Fair
Friday morning, Cameran Fitch of Chesterville sits with the Hereford steer he caught at the Fryeburg Fair calf scramble last year. He raised it, showed it in 4-H and later sold it in the 80th annual beef steer sale. Jason Bagley of Farmington stands with his market lamb at the Fryeburg Fair on Friday. This […]
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Fryeburg Fair after dark: ‘We all pretty much run ragged’
FRYEBURG — The Fryeburg Fair slows down overnight, but it never fully sleeps. In 2017, staff photographer stayed up with the people who keep the fair running overnight.