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FRYEBURG, Maine — A behind-the-scenes look at racehorse ownership will be available for the first time at the Fryeburg Fair this year, as local equine expert Kim Pike will be sharing his decades of experience with up to 10 participants in a free seminar.

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FRYEBURG, Maine — While Woodmen’s Field Day highlights the brute strength and skill of ax-wielding, hardy lumberjack and lumberjane types — chopping and rolling logs, sawing with speed and other similar feats with wood — a different kind of strength will be on display a short way away throug…

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FRYEBURG, Maine — Always a popular fair mainstay, the annual Woodsmen’s Field Day Event will be held Monday, Sept. 29, and the weather looks to be perfect.

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There’s a famous joke about asking for directions in Maine that ends with the punchline, “You can’t get there from here.”

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FRYEBURG, Maine — It was a chilly day in March 1851 when a few local farmers and merchants got together and decided to show off their produce, cattle and wares to the community.

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Fryeburg Fair’s sheepdog trial experts and organizers are Gabriel “Gabe” Deschambeault Merrill, 87, of Brownfield, Maine, and her niece, Lynn Deschambeault, 59, of Denmark, Maine. The trials take place on the infield beginning at 10 a.m. Sunday.

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The annual Firemen’s Muster is always on the first Sunday of the fair’s eight-day schedule, with contests starting at 9 a.m.