YARMOUTH — Lucas Uhl rushed for three touchdowns Friday night and No. 1 Yarmouth overwhelmed No. 4 Fryeburg, 54-12, in the Class C South football semifinals. Yarmouth (10-0) will host Wells (8-2) for the title next Saturday. The Warriors won a 20-14 thriller at Cape Elizabeth in the other semifinal. Jack Snyder scored two touchdowns in […]
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Class B South girls’ soccer prelim: No. 12 Fryeburg rolls past No. 5 Oak Hill
WALES — Oak Hill probably saw two or three girls’ soccer teams in the Mountain Valley Conference that could compete with Fryeburg Academy. What the Raiders probably didn’t encounter was a player who could locate corner kicks, or anything in the neighborhood of the flag that could resemble a corner kick, more accurately than Esme […]
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Jeffrey Allen
1948 – 2015 WATERFORD — Jeffrey Allen of Waterford, 67, died Tuesday, Oct. 6, at home, with his wife by his side, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on Feb. 27, 1948, a son of Rex and Geraldine (Gallaway) Allen. Raised in Lovell, he graduated from Fryeburg Academy in 1966 and attended […]
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Christmas comes early at the Fryeburg Fair
FRYEBURG — It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in one small section of the Fryeburg Fair where Christmas trees are all the rage and wreath-making demonstrations take place daily. Behind the dairy barns and the Woodward Show Arena, near the 4-H building, is a clearing displaying the best of Maine’s Christmas trees from about […]
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N.H. logger takes Champion Woodsman title at Fryeburg Fair
FRYEBURG — Jerry Gingras was named Champion Woodsman at the 48th Annual Saco Valley Woodsmen’s Field Day at Fryeburg Fair on Monday. The Colebrook, N.H., resident was among 186 contestants from the United States and 12 from Canada to compete in the events. J.P. Mercier of Levis, Quebec, was named Masters Champion. Gingras took fifth […]
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Fryeburg Police Chief Joshua Potvin on the rewards of the job
Joshua Potvin started his law enforcement career 19 years ago with the marine patrol in his native Harpswell. A year ago, he became chief of the Fryeburg police. We asked about his day job, one of his riskiest assignments and, on a much lighter note, stuck ducks. Name: Joshua Joseph Potvin Age: 38 Lives: Fryeburg […]
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Fryeburg Fair opens Sunday
FRYEBURG — In just a few days, Maine’s largest agricultural fair will open, marking the beginning of the end of the 2015 agricultural fair season in the state. About 300,000 people are expected to attend the Fryeburg Fair throughout the week, starting Sunday, Oct. 4, and running through Sunday, Oct. 11. Park organizers say Saturday is […]
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Bertha L. Miller
1937 – 2015 BROWNFIELD — Bertha L. Miller, 78, of Brownfield died Sunday, Sept. 27, at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, where she had been living for the past two years. She was born on Mar. 18, 1937, in North Conway, N.H., a daughter of, Chester A. and Molly B. (Douglas) Day. Bertha […]
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Make use of Fryeburg fairgrounds
I was a rider in the 2015 Bike Maine Tour this year and was disappointed to learn that riders were not able to use the fairgrounds in Fryeburg for our Bike Village campgrounds this year. There were well more than 350 riders and they would have brought a sizable economic impact to the area, looking […]