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Photo Album: Oxford Fair starts 4-day run
Educational Day at the fair the continues through Saturday.
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Woodsmen compete at Oxford County Fair
Sawdust flies as Bernard Peters of Irasburg, Vermont, competes in the bucksaw contest during Woodsmen’s Day at the Oxford County Fair in Oxford on Friday. Some spectators learned that bow saws are also called bucksaws. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Jake Bederian of Warrensburg, New York, watches his ax fly toward the soda can at the bull’s-eye […]
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Oxford County Fair kicks off with bugs and bees
OXFORD — Area students dug through soil looking for bugs and worms, and watched the hustle and bustle of hundreds of honeybees during Agriculture Education Day at the Oxford County Fair on Wednesday. As students walked into the fairgrounds on Pottle Road, they were greeted by two large canopies over several educational booths. At one, […]
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Oxford County Fair opens with many new events
OXFORD — The annual Oxford County Fair kicks off Wednesday with the traditional Agricultural and Conservation Day. Hundreds of students from throughout the area are expected to attend. The musical headliner is the Marshall Tucker Bank that will perform Saturday night. New events this year include a mini horse pull at 1 p.m. Saturday, a Farmer’s […]
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Big toys at final day of Oxford Fair
Casey Kovacs of Gotham grooms her cow, London, before a showing. Gary Mosher leads driving It’s Not Over as the horses make their way down the backstretch. Mosher would eventually finish second behind Deli-craze driven by David Ingraham (left).Keith Higgins of Durham competes in the backhoe competition yesterday at the Oxford Fair. OXFORD — The […]
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Oxford fair a classroom for hundreds of students
Paula Easton of the Oxford Hills Honeybee Club explains the workings of a demonstration beehive to Gage Dyer, 9, at Agriculture and Conservation Day at the Oxford County Fair in Oxford on Wednesday morning. OXFORD — Hundreds of students arrived early Wednesday morning for the annual Agricultural and Conservation Day that kicks off the four-day […]
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New stage for Oxford Fair
A new entertainment stage is under construction at the Oxford Fairgrounds. The 24-foot-deep by 34-foot-wide stage is being built by Bancroft Construction Co., KBS Builders, Schiavi Custom Builders and Record Building Supply using donated labor and materials. The stage is expected to be completed in time for the start of the Oxford Fair on Wednesday, Sept. 13, […]
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‘I love piggies,’ scramble winner says
OXFORD – Seven-year-old Alyssa Beam of Oxford was the first one to have her name drawn Thursday evening for the Oxford County Fair pig scramble for 6- and 7-year-olds. It took her about 40 seconds to bag a piglet. “I love piggies!” she yelled as her mother, Sarah Green, laughed. Beam said she has a […]
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Oxford County Fair opens with Education Day
OXFORD — Hundreds of students from as far away as Freeport, Lewiston, Jay and Waterford arrived early Wednesday morning for the annual Agricultural and Conservation Day program that kicks off the four-day Oxford County Fair. The annual program, also referred to as Education Day, is developed by the Oxford County Soil and Water Conservation District […]