Ava Johnson, 4, of Harpswell is illuminated by a floodlight as she zooms to a soft landing on the inflatable slide at the Topsham Fair on Friday.
Five-year-old children give chase during the Pig Scramble at the 165th annual Topsham Fair on Friday. The competition is held in three divisions, for 5-, 6- and 7-year-olds, on separate days during the fair's eight-day run.
Isabella Davenport, 5, of Westbrook grabs a pig during Friday's Pig Scramble at the Topsham Fair. Children who catch pigs are given a choice to keep them or sell them back to farmer and event organizer Dick Brown for 0. Davenport and her family opted to keep the pig.
Jill Ross of Brunswick helps her 2-year-old grandson, Remington Charette, swing the hammer at the Kiddie Striker while vendor John Iadarola looks on.
Makeda Berhanu, left, Haley Wiers and Madilyn Onorato clutch their cellphones while riding the gliders at the Topsham Fair on Wednesday. Berhanu said she was recording video of the experience.
Matthew Davison of Topsham lies on the ground, feeling queasy from too many rides at the Topsham Fair on Wednesday. "I thought I was going to throw up or I was having a stroke," he said.
Paula Wynne, left, and Gladys Wilbur await the next round of ticket buyers at dusk Friday at the Topsham Fair.
Chase Pierce, 4, of Lisbon scales the ladder to the top of the inflatable slide at the Topsham Fair on Wednesday.
A nearly full row of seats on the Genesis rotates at high speed on Wednesday at the Topsham Fair.
Demi Nichols, 11, of Windham keeps her composure while guiding Delight, a reluctant Nigerian dwarf, during the 4-H goat show Friday at the Topsham Fair. Nichols, who took fourth place in a field of five, was clearly disappointed. "She was bad," she said of her goat.
Quentin Barber inflates a novelty alien to arrange alongside the other prizes at the Kiddie Striker – a hammer-and-bell strength test for children.
Katie Merrill Kane laughs after colliding with family members in her bumper car Friday at the Topsham Fair.
Emmett Stuart, 6, of Harpswell tosses an inflatable alien into the air near a display of chain saw carvings Friday evening at the Topsham Fair.
People mingle on the midway at dusk Friday at the Topsham Fair.
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