The winner will get a $20,600 package of services to help cover the cost of starting a business.

There is no record of the man or the burial or who owned the plot in Solon Town Office records or in books at the Solon Historical Society.

Organizers of the gathering said it was one of more than 100 nationwide intended to call attention to the dangers of oil trains.

The Maine-based carnival company cited by state officials recently for safety violations following ride accidents still has a good track record, Skowhegan fair officials say.

Rabbi Zushe Blech visited the mill to make sure its organic, stone-ground flour, rolled oats, wheat, rye, buckwheat, cornmeal and heritage grains are produced without additives such as powdered milk and food modifiers.

Dugan Murphy is starting a communications consulting business in Portland but will remain in his current position until Aug. 20 as the Skowhegan nonprofit searches for a replacement.