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The fair is a 501(c)(3) organization. The Fryeburg Fair features livestock shows, harness racing, horse pulling, antique farm and forestry equipment displays and demonstrations, horticultural and culinary contests and displays, a petting zoo, agricultural vendor displays, live musical acts, amusement rides, and food stands.
The fair began in 1977 in Litchfield, Maine. In 1981, it moved to Windsor, Maine and in 1996, MOFGA purchased 200 acres in Unity, Maine, where the fair now takes place yearly. [3] The first fair was held at the Litchfield Fairgrounds as a fundraiser for MOFGA. It raised $22,000. [4] In 2016, a Portland Press Herald article about the fair's ...
The Union Fair is an annual agricultural fair in Union, Maine. [1] It began in 1869 and, since 1886, all fairs in Knox County have taken place in Union. [2] [3] No fair was held in 1917–18, 1942–45 nor 2020. For many years the fair started on the third Saturday before Labor Day and run for eight days closing on the following Saturday. The ...
The oldest state fair is that of The Fredericksburg Agricultural Fair, established in 1738, and is the oldest fair in Virginia and the United States. [1] The first U.S. state fair was the New York, held in 1841 in Syracuse, and has been held annually since. [2] The second state fair was in Detroit, Michigan, which ran from 1849 [3] to 2009. [4] [5]
ELIOT, Maine — Winter Wonders 2024-25 is a light show experience in Eliot, Maine, beginning Friday, Nov. 22, from 4:15-8 p.m. Organizers say with over 2 million lights the 14-acre forest display ...
Harness racing at the Cumberland Fair. The annual Maine State Pumpkin and Squash Weigh-Off is held at the fair. [1] The winner of the event receives $500. An adult is limited to one entry in the giant squash and pumpkin weigh-off. [1] The 2015 winner of this event was Edwin Pierpont, who harvested a 1,046 pound pumpkin. [2]
May 28—GARDINER — On the day before the weekend that marks the unofficial start of summer, Susan Smith and about a half-dozen co-workers spent most of it standing in the Core-Mark parking lot.
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