Rich Abrahamson captures details of a day at the fair.
Farmington Fair
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6 Maine events this week include Maine Open Lighthouse Day
There’s also the Cole Porter musical ‘Anything Goes’ in South Portland, a music festival in New Gloucester and the Farmington Fair.
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Make the most of Maine’s fair season before it winds down
Fairs in Farmington, Cumberland, Unity and Fryeburg give you lots of choices for things to do. You might even try visiting two in one day.
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Farmington Fair opens Sunday; more 4-H’ers bringing livestock for auction
The number of youth participating has almost tripled this year.
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Riding horses without bridles is becoming more popular, thanks to Pittston native
A Maine rider is part of an organization promoting liberty or riding horses without using bridles, which is gaining in popularity.
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Liberty: Connecting horse and human without bridles
Liberty horsemanship asks horses to connect with people without the use of bridles or other traditional tools.
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Farmington school’s football team wins hay bale decorating contest
Mt. Blue High School’s football team, one of 11 non-profit agencies and youth organizations entering the first hay bale decorating contest at Farmington Fair raised $218.51 to claim first place in the contest.
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Come one, come all: Many new things added to Farmington Fair this year
New contests, raffles, displays, demonstrations and more have been added to the 182nd edition of Farmington’s fair.
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Farmington Fair adds hay bale decorating contest to its 7-day exhibition
The fair is scheduled to open next Sunday and feature several new events.
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There’s an ugly side to Maine harness racing
Horses have been subjected to drugging and abuse, with more than 600 violations issued by the state governing body for the sport since 2016.