People walk under the ornament-shaped entrance at the Night of Lights in Fryeburg on New Year's Eve. Local businesses and organizations lined the Bradley Street under tents and strings of lights with some snacks and other knick-knacks to give out during the event, the first of its kind in Fryeburg. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Lighted bags sit in a row along the street at the Night of Lights in Fryeburg on New Year's Eve. Local businesses and organizations lined the Bradley Street under tents and strings of lights with some snacks and other knick-knacks to give out during the event, the first of its kind in Fryeburg. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
People gather around one of the many bonfires at the Night of Lights in Fryeburg on New Year's Eve. Local businesses and organizations lined the Bradley Street under tents and strings of lights with some snacks and other knick-knacks to give out during the event, the first of its kind in Fryeburg. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Beverly Blais, visiting from Coventry, R.I., toasts a piece of cinnamon roll over the Fryeburg Dental Care's bonfire at the Night of Lights in Fryeburg on New Year's Eve. Local businesses and organizations lined the Bradley Street under tents and strings of lights with some snacks and other knick-knacks to give out during the event, the first of its kind in Fryeburg. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Beverly Blais, visiting from Coventry, R.I., toasts a piece of cinnamon roll over the Fryeburg Dental Care's bonfire, with her friend Pat Cadoret looking on (left) at the Night of Lights in Fryeburg on New Year's Eve. Local businesses and organizations lined the Bradley Street under tents and strings of lights with some snacks and other knick-knacks to give out during the event, the first of its kind in Fryeburg. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A Micklon Tree Service and Excavating truck hoists a ball of lights over the festivities at the Night of Lights in Fryeburg on New Year's Eve. Local businesses and organizations lined the Bradley Street under tents and strings of lights with some snacks and other knick-knacks to give out during the event, the first of its kind in Fryeburg. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A display for the new year sits by a Fryeburg Academy building at the Night of Lights in Fryeburg on New Year's Eve. Local businesses and organizations lined the Bradley Street under tents and strings of lights with some snacks and other knick-knacks to give out during the event, the first of its kind in Fryeburg. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
People walk by the ornament-shaped entrance at the Night of Lights in Fryeburg on New Year's Eve. Local businesses and organizations lined the Bradley Street under tents and strings of lights with some snacks and other knick-knacks to give out during the event, the first of its kind in Fryeburg. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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The crowd watches the bursting finale at the fireworks display in North Conway's Schouler Park on New Year's Eve. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A red burst reflects on the icy ground at the fireworks display in North Conway's Schouler Park on New Year's Eve. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A scattered crowd admires the bursts of colors at the fireworks display in North Conway's Schouler Park on New Year's Eve. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A scattered crowd admires the bursts of colors at the fireworks display in North Conway's Schouler Park on New Year's Eve. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A scattered crowd admires the bursts of colors at the fireworks display in North Conway's Schouler Park on New Year's Eve. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The crowd watches the bursting finale at the fireworks display in North Conway's Schouler Park on New Year's Eve. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
John and Mary McDonald of Portsmouth take a selfie during the colorful finale at the fireworks display in North Conway's Schouler Park on New Year's Eve. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
People walk under the ornament-shaped entrance at the Night of Lights in Fryeburg on New Year's Eve. Local businesses and organizations lined the Bradley Street under tents and strings of lights with some snacks and other knick-knacks to give out during the event, the first of its kind in Fryeburg. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Lighted bags sit in a row along the street at the Night of Lights in Fryeburg on New Year's Eve. Local businesses and organizations lined the Bradley Street under tents and strings of lights with some snacks and other knick-knacks to give out during the event, the first of its kind in Fryeburg. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
People gather around one of the many bonfires at the Night of Lights in Fryeburg on New Year's Eve. Local businesses and organizations lined the Bradley Street under tents and strings of lights with some snacks and other knick-knacks to give out during the event, the first of its kind in Fryeburg. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Beverly Blais, visiting from Coventry, R.I., toasts a piece of cinnamon roll over the Fryeburg Dental Care's bonfire at the Night of Lights in Fryeburg on New Year's Eve. Local businesses and organizations lined the Bradley Street under tents and strings of lights with some snacks and other knick-knacks to give out during the event, the first of its kind in Fryeburg. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Beverly Blais, visiting from Coventry, R.I., toasts a piece of cinnamon roll over the Fryeburg Dental Care's bonfire, with her friend Pat Cadoret looking on (left) at the Night of Lights in Fryeburg on New Year's Eve. Local businesses and organizations lined the Bradley Street under tents and strings of lights with some snacks and other knick-knacks to give out during the event, the first of its kind in Fryeburg. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A Micklon Tree Service and Excavating truck hoists a ball of lights over the festivities at the Night of Lights in Fryeburg on New Year's Eve. Local businesses and organizations lined the Bradley Street under tents and strings of lights with some snacks and other knick-knacks to give out during the event, the first of its kind in Fryeburg. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A display for the new year sits by a Fryeburg Academy building at the Night of Lights in Fryeburg on New Year's Eve. Local businesses and organizations lined the Bradley Street under tents and strings of lights with some snacks and other knick-knacks to give out during the event, the first of its kind in Fryeburg. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
People walk by the ornament-shaped entrance at the Night of Lights in Fryeburg on New Year's Eve. Local businesses and organizations lined the Bradley Street under tents and strings of lights with some snacks and other knick-knacks to give out during the event, the first of its kind in Fryeburg. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fireworks burst over the ski lift and large crowd during the fireworks display at Cranmore Mountain in North Conway on New Year's Eve. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fireworks burst over the ski lift and large crowd during the fireworks display at Cranmore Mountain in North Conway on New Year's Eve. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fireworks burst over the ski lift and large crowd during the fireworks display at Cranmore Mountain in North Conway on New Year's Eve. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fireworks burst over the ski lift and large crowd during the fireworks display at Cranmore Mountain in North Conway on New Year's Eve. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A large crowd reacts to the bursts of colors at the fireworks display at Cranmore Mountain in North Conway on New Year's Eve. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The fireworks finale showers over the ski lift and large crowd during the fireworks display at Cranmore Mountain in North Conway on New Year's Eve. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Traffic jams along the roads after the fireworks display at Cranmore Mountain in North Conway on New Year's Eve. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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