OXFORD — Several hundred people of all ages sat or stood in the rain for hours on Saturday evening waiting for country music legend Charley Pride to perform at the Oxford County Fair. Pride last performed at Oxford Plains Speedway with Tammy Wynette and Eddy Raven in 1982. Many in the crowd said they had […]
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Oxford County Fair: Free lunch comes with a cowbell and a smile
OXFORD — Dr. Lawrence Murch, a Mechanic Falls optometrist, has served lunch with a cowbell in one hand and a smile on his face to thousands of people at the Oxford Fair over the past 25 years. Murch, one of 10 directors on the Oxford County Agricultural Society board, is the driving force behind the […]
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Oxford County Fair welcomes children on opening day
OXFORD — Horses, cows and rabbits were big attractions to the hundreds of students from Oxford County who came to the Oxford County Fair’s annual Agricultural and Conservation Day on Wednesday. More than 600 students, ranging from preschool to fourth grade, came from several school districts including SAD 17, RSU 10 and SAD 44. Students […]
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Oxford Fair opens Wednesday
OXFORD — Oxford Fair, one of the oldest in the state, returns this week. Thousands of people from Oxford County and beyond are expected to descend on the Oxford Fairgrounds off Pottle Road beginning Wednesday, Sept. 10. Fair officials say they have made many changes in the past few years, including affordable pricing, new competitions […]
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Charley Pride to headline at Oxford Fair
OXFORD — Legendary country singer Charley Pride will headline this year’s Oxford Fair in September. “We got Charley Pride,” Jackie Young, president of the Oxford Fair, announced Monday. Pride will perform Saturday, Sept. 13, at the fairgrounds off Pottle Road. Tickets are $10, Young said. Over the past 30 years, Pride has remained one of […]
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Thousands throng Kenny Rogers concert at Oxford Fair
A crowd of thousands cheered as Rogers took the stage and launched into “Love or Something Like It” shortly before 8:30 p.m. For fair organizers, the mobs thronging the midway Saturday were a welcome change from the sparse attendance of the past two wet, cloudy days at the fairgrounds. “Wednesday wasn’t horrible, but it was slow, […]
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Seniors enjoy Community Day at the Oxford County Fair
OXFORD — When Gerry DeShon went to the Oxford County Fair as a young mother in the 1950s, the fair was at the site of the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School on Route 26 in Paris. “It was a lot of agriculture. There were many more animals, but I think they’re working on it,” she […]
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Students learn about agriculture, conservation at Oxford fair
OXFORD — Kittens, bunnies, cows, ponies and, most of all, the little piglets commanded the attention of hundreds of students Wednesday during the Oxford County Fair’s annual Educational day. More than 600 students, ranging in ages from 3 to 11, came from schools in SAD 17, based in Oxford, RSU 10 in the Rumford-Dixfield-Buckfield region, […]