North Conway firefighter Brandon James hits the target with the hose spray during the "wet hose" event, which the North Conway team placed first in with a time of 13.97 seconds, at the Firemen's Muster at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Members of the North Conway Fire Department hold the ladder as teammate Brandon James climbs up to ring the bell, posting the best time for the event at 8.05 seconds, during the Firemen's Muster at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Members of the North Conway Fire Department hold the ladder as teammate Brandon James climbs up to ring the bell, posting the best time for the event at 8.05 seconds, during the Firemen's Muster at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
North Conway firefighter Brandon James sprays up to shower the crowd after hitting the target with the hose spray during the "wet hose" event, which the North Conway team placed first in with a time of 13.97 seconds, at the Firemen's Muster at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Participating kids chase after the running piglets during the week's first pig scramble in the Pulling Ring at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. From left: Luna Walker, 10, of Stow; Nora Runnals, 9, of Harrison; Oliver Surette, 10, of Conway; Arthur Surette, 8, of Conway; and Henry Mead, 9, of Lovell. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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The ferris wheel looms over the crowds near the expo centers at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The ferris wheel looms over the crowds near the expo centers at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Crowds walk between the various food vendors near the Pulling Ring at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Crowds walk between the various food vendors, rides and other stands at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Crowds walk between the various food vendors and other stands at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A pair of horses haul a load of 3,000 pounds during one of the horse pulling competitions in the Pulling Ring at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A pair of horses haul a load of 3,000 pounds during one of the horse pulling competitions in the Pulling Ring at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Members of the Acton Fire Department hold the ladder as a teammate climbs up to ring the bell, posting a time of 13.50 seconds, during the Firemen's Muster at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Members of the Oxford County Fire Academy team hold the ladder as a teammate climbs up to ring the bell, posting a time of 10.11 seconds, during the Firemen's Muster at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Families with participating kids line the Pulling Ring gate before the first pig scramble of the week at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Geese look up from their pen in Old MacDonald's Farm at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
People reach to pet the bunnies and guinea pigs in Old MacDonald's Farm at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
North Conway firefighter Brandon James hits the target with the hose spray during the "wet hose" event, which the North Conway team placed first in with a time of 13.97 seconds, at the Firemen's Muster at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Members of the North Conway Fire Department hold the ladder as teammate Brandon James climbs up to ring the bell, posting the best time for the event at 8.05 seconds, during the Firemen's Muster at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Members of the North Conway Fire Department hold the ladder as teammate Brandon James climbs up to ring the bell, posting the best time for the event at 8.05 seconds, during the Firemen's Muster at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
North Conway firefighter Brandon James sprays up to shower the crowd after hitting the target with the hose spray during the "wet hose" event, which the North Conway team placed first in with a time of 13.97 seconds, at the Firemen's Muster at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A one-man band, known as "Professor Paddy-Whack's Amusecycle," rolls past patrons at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Lydia Wheeler, 3, of Augusta pets young goat Geoffrey, held by Julia Pierce of the Maine-based Crooked Wall Farm, in the goat center at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Emmett McAllister, 8, of Lovell (right) catches a piglet by the leg during the week's first pig scramble in the Pulling Ring at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Members of the Redstone Fire Department hold the ladder as a teammate climbs up to ring the bell, posting a time of 9.91 seconds, during the Firemen's Muster at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Members of the Redstone Fire Department prop up the ladder in order to ring the bell, posting a time of 9.91 seconds, during the Firemen's Muster at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A Redstone firefighter sprays water at the target in the "wet hose" event at the Firemen's Muster, posting a time of 26.45 seconds, at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Local band Rek'lis performs at the Draft Horse Park pavilion at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Participating kids chase after the running piglets during the week's first pig scramble in the Pulling Ring at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. From left: Luna Walker, 10, of Stow; Nora Runnals, 9, of Harrison; Oliver Surette, 10, of Conway; Arthur Surette, 8, of Conway; and Henry Mead, 9, of Lovell. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Oliver Surette, 10, of Conway (center) chases a running piglet during the week's first pig scramble in the Pulling Ring at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Oliver Surette, 10, of Conway (center) chases a running piglet during the week's first pig scramble in the Pulling Ring at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Tara Runnals of Harrison hugs her granddaughter Nora Runnals, 9, after Nora caught a piglet at the week's first pig scramble in the Pulling Ring at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Henry Mead, 9, of Lovell (right) reaches for the running piglets during the week's first pig scramble in the Pulling Ring at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Reese Donovan, 9, of Fryeburg holds a piglet by the leg during the week's first pig scramble in the Pulling Ring at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A sheep from Spider Web Farm pokes its nose out of its enclosure in the 4-H Expo Center at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Sisters Delaney and Kara Dutton of the local K & D Cattle Co. smile together by young cow Miss Mae at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A Saco Valley firefighter sprays water at the target in the "wet hose" event at the Firemen's Muster, posting a time of 19.54 seconds, at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A firefighter from Paris, Maine, sprays the water upwards after his team completed the "wet hose" event at the Firemen's Muster, posting a time of 15.47 seconds, at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fairgoers spin through the air on the swing ride at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fairgoers spin through the air on the swing ride at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fairgoers spin through the air on the swing ride at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fairgoers spin through the air on the swing ride at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fryeburg Fair Finance Officer Vincent Osgood gives some pointers to the participating kids before the week's first pig scramble in the Pulling Ring at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
People wait in line for tickets and entry at the Fryeburg Fair's Orange Gate on Oct. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Ben Karlson breaks apart the top block during the springboard chop at the Fryeburg Fair's Woodsmen's Field Day on Oct. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Eric Piazza sents chunks of wood flying during the standing block chop event at the Fryeburg Fair's Woodsmen's Field Day on Oct. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Herb Gingras swings for the standing chop block during the Woodsmen's Field Day at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Herb Gingras swings for the standing chop block during the Woodsmen's Field Day at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Gib Engel swings through the standing chop block during the Woodsmen's Field Day at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Richard Severy swings for the standing chop block during the Woodsmen's Field Day at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The crowd cheers after Richard Severy breaks through the standing chop block during the Woodsmen's Field Day at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The crowd looks on during the Woodsmen's Field Day at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Brad Stevens (center) and Mark Gould push the log down the tracks during the Woodsmen's Field Day at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Rachel Joseph cuts into the woodblock with a bow saw during the Woodsmen's Field Day at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Vermont resident Bernard Peters cuts into the woodblock with a bow saw during the Woodsmen's Field Day at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Katelyn Cumberland cuts into the woodblock with a bow saw during the Woodsmen's Field Day at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Roger "Buddy" Pepin cuts into the woodblock with a bow saw (with referee Dave Weathers looking on at center) during the Woodsmen's Field Day at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Susan Mattern cuts into the woodblock with a bow saw during the Woodsmen's Field Day at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Quebec resident J.P. Mercier cuts into the woodblock with a bow saw during the Woodsmen's Field Day at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Mike Sullivan cuts into the woodblock with a bow saw during the Woodsmen's Field Day at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Daniel Miner tosses his ax toward the target during the Woodsmen's Field Day at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Trevor Beaudry tosses his ax toward the target during the Woodsmen's Field Day at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Ben Balet tosses his ax toward the target during the Woodsmen's Field Day at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Contestants chop into their logs during the springboard chop at the Fryeburg Fair's Woodsmen's Field Day on Oct. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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