FRYEBURG — Nathalie Theriault and Jessica Seeley combined for 51 points in Poland’s 64-44 Western Maine Conference girls’ basketball game Monday. Theriault put up 28 points and Seeley scored 23 for the Knights, who improve to 12-3 and currently sit a top the Class B South Heal-point standings. Tina Leblanc led Fryeburg (0-14) with 12 […]
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Opera 'Tosca' Jan. 27 in Fryeburg
FRYEBURG — The Met Opera Live in HD series will present “Tosca” at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27. Rivaling the splendor of Franco Zeffirelli’s set and costumes of the Napoleonic era, Sir David McVicar’s new production features a cast led by soprano Sonya Yoncheva in the title […]
Boys' basketball: Leavitt pulls away from Fryeburg in second half
Leavitt Area High School’s Josh Banks, left, drives past Fryeburg Academy’s Oscar Saunders during their game in Turner on Friday. (Justin Pelletier/Sun Journal) TURNER — After being tied at 19 at halftime, Leavitt had seen enough. The Hornets went on a 10-0 run and outscored Fryeburg by 15 in the third on their way to […]
Fryeburg family displaced after Sunday morning fire
FRYEBURG — A family of three and their two dogs made it out of their burning home safely Sunday morning but the house was a total loss, said Fryeburg Fire Chief Andrew Dufresne. A 2½ story home at 1095 Main St., Fryeburg was destroyed after a fire that started before 6:35 a.m. in the basement spread […]
Fryeburg farm fined for immigration rule violations
FRYEBURG — The U.S. Department of Labor has reached a settlement with a local vegetable farm that willfully violated terms of a nonimmigrant visa program, according to the Labor Department. Under the agreement, Green Thumb Farms has paid $10,164 in penalties to the department and has agreed to comply with the law, applicable regulations and the […]
Fryeburg police hand out gifts instead of tickets
FRYEBURG — The man in the blue work coat looks utterly crestfallen. His name is Joe Vaughn and he has been pulled over by police on a slushy street in Fryeburg. It is not looking good for Joe. He failed to completely stop at a sign, police say, and he does not have his car […]
Twangtown Paramours to perform in Fryeburg
FRYEBURG — The Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center’s Bradley Backstage concert series presents the Twangtown Paramours at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13. The music of the Twangtown Paramours has been called “sophisticated Americana” and “a hybrid of the Nashville and Austin music scenes.” This award-winning husband and wife acoustic duo is known for their […]
'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 […]
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. […]
Peak foliage colors arrive in Maine
Fog drifts through a Christmas tree farm near Starks Mountain, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, in Fryeburg. Christmas might be in a little less than three months, but the search is on for the perfect 45 to 60-foot tall tree to display outdoors in Portland’s largest city. The Fryeburg tree farm caters to households with much […]