Between the six-packs of padded bras, the tiger-face leggings and the sweet maple cotton candy, I’m not even sure where to start. Maybe at the very beginning. In this column’s storied, 11-year history — can I be so bold as to call it storied? — we have yet to ever shop a fair. So it […]
Fryeburg Fair
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A lifetime at the Fryeburg Fair
Thomas Bond, director of the Maine Christmas Tree Association, sits at the Fryeburg Fair on Wednesday afternoon. Andrew Sklar and Anna Bosnick of New York City entertain fair-goers at the Fryeburg Fair on Wednesday afternoon. Hermione Keeling, 3, waits with some impatience to get on a ride in Kiddieland at the Fryeburg Fair on Wednesday […]
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'Sunshine' wins Fryeburg Fair dessert contest
When Debbie and Lenny Harmon of Standish were walking through the paddocks at the Fryeburg Fair on Tuesday afternoon checking out the horses, this beauty nuzzled up to her. Pacers pull their sulky drivers around the back stretch at the Fryeburg Fair on Tuesday afternoon. Visit sunjournal.com for a video from Tuesday’s racing. The stands […]
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Fryeburg Fair: "There's nothing quite like it'
FRYEBURG — For 10-year-old Mackenzie Ramsdell, there’s no question that the best part of the Fryeburg Fair is “getting to show the animals.” Her twin sister, Madelyn, added that hanging with their friends was pretty sweet as well. The sisters, from Limington, said Monday they’ll be at the fair night and day with their family’s […]
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Fryeburg Fair schedule
For information on events and demonstrations, and on camping and parking access at the Fryeburg Fair, go to: fryeburgfair.org/Fair-Info.
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Fryeburg Fair fun
Hadley Herling, 5, of Durham gives her great-grandfather’s Holstein, Tarah, a hug at the Fryeburg Fair on Sunday. Herling is the fourth generation to help out on Mike Wilson’s Wilsondale Farm in Gray. John Andrews of Fryeburg taught how to make basic knots at the farm museum at Fryeburg Fair on Sunday.
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167th year of Fryeburg Fair
Rutger Daigle, 8, of Chatham, New Hampshire, shows his mother, Kathy Daigle, the blue ribbon he and his mother won during the parent/child baking contest at the Fryeburg Fair on Sunday. FRYEBURG — The 167th Fryeburg Fair, Maine’s Blue Ribbon Classic, kicked off Sunday with its much loved staples of fried food, rides and frisky animals. […]
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Pies, flowers take center stage at the Fryeburg Fair
FRYEBURG — The refreshing fall morning air provided a pleasant backdrop at the Fryeburg Fair on Wednesday — along with the aroma of fried dough, giant turkey legs and a plethora of other decadent scents wafting through the air, even at 8 a.m. Breakfast choices were plentiful for fairgoers — and so were the activities. […]
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Fryeburg Fair: 4-H kids compete in Beef Steer Show
FRYEBURG — Just before awarding first place in the 4-H Beef Steer Show for students ages 12 to 14 with medium-sized steers, Fryeburg Fair judge Clint Rusk said Monday that the silver steer of 13-year old Lauren Pride of Limington “walked like a champion” and “easily wins this category.” He said that in any category, […]