Cumberland Fair, Sept. 30: Thirteen-year-old Natalie Domin spends a moment with her lamb Buddy shortly before the auction. Looking on is Rachel Wiest of Freeport. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
Cumberland Fair, Sept. 30: Thirteen-year-old Natalie Domin waits for her turn to auction off her lamb Buddy. At left is her brother Ethan, 11. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
Cumberland Fair, Sept. 30: Signs with ribbons over Natalie and Ethan Domin’s lambs. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
Cumberland Fair, Sept. 30: Natalie Domin shows off Buddy for bidders during the auction. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
Cumberland Fair, Sept. 27: A team of volunteers helps guide a giant pumpkin onto a scale. The mammoth fruit grown by Charlie Lopresti, chief meteorologist for WGME-TV, weighed in at 961 pounds, enough to take second place among the 30 growers.
Cumberland Fair, Sept. 27: A team of volunteers lowers a giant, 403-pound gourd onto a scale.
Cumberland Fair, Sept. 27: Clear skies greeted carnival riders. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
Cumberland Fair, Sept. 27: Crane operator Andy Dugas helps lower a giant, 961-pound pumpkin onto a scale. The pumpkin, which took second place, was grown by Charlie Lopresti, who serves as chief meteorologist for Channel 13 News. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
Cumberland Fair, Sept. 27: Ryon Harris, 3, gets an elevated view from atop his uncle Scott LeGrace’s shoulders.
Cumberland Fair, Sept. 27: A team of volunteers lowers a giant, 555-pound pumpkin onto a scale. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
Common Ground Country Fair, Sept. 23: Mike Romanyshyn, owner of Temple Birch Tappers, offers free samples of his birch syrup to fairgoers. The family operation is the first commercial birch syrup producer in the state. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel
Common Ground Country Fair, Sept. 23: Pheoniix O’Brien fills a stable with bales of hay as one of his draft horses grabs a bite at the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association Common Ground Country Fair site in Unity in preparation for the 39th.
Common Ground Country Fair, Sept. 23: Vince Collins of Harvest Moon Pizza prepares to light a wood-fired oven while getting ready in the food court area of fair site in Unity.
Topsham Fair, Aug. 6: A contestant lets it rip in the frying pan toss at the Topsham Fair.
Topsham Fair, Aug. 6: Mike Audet of Harwinton, Connecticut, and his pair of oxen Gator and Tiger pull a load of concrete during the pulling competition at the Topsham Fair.
Northeast Livestock Expo, Aug. 28: Visitors watch a goat and a pair of kids at the Windsor Fairgrounds.
Northeast Livestock Expo, Aug. 28: Caleb Knock, 6, of Albion, pets a kid at the Windsor Fairgrounds.
Windsor Fair, Aug. 30: Linda Blackman judges a chicken Sunday as her husband, Dick, takes notes during the Central Maine Bird Fanciers Club exhibit.
Clinton Lions Club fair, Sept. 10: Glenn Tripp prepares vegetables at the J.H. Concessions blooming onion stand at the Clinton Lions Club fair on opening day.
Acton Fair, Aug. 28: A girl, with a companion, watches the skillet-throwing contest. Whitney Hayward/Staff Photographer
Clinton Lions Club fair, Sept. 10: Melody Braley sets out crafts and other novelties for sale at the Clinton Lions Club fair on opening day.
Acton Fair, Aug. 28: Amy Chartrain of Salem, N.H. tosses her skillet during the skillet-throwing contest. Whitney Hayward/Staff Photographer
Acton Fair, Aug. 28: Casey Belanger of Arundel stands next to his prize-winning steer, Franklin, who won the Grand Champion 4H prize. Whitney Hayward/Staff Photographer
Clinton Lions Club fair, Sept. 10: Paul Blais prepares takeout boxes for clams he sells at Harmon’s Clams.
Acton Fair, Aug. 28: Georgia Hall winds up to throw during the skillet-throwing contest. Hall competed in the discus in track during college, and had the farthest throw of the competition with 67 feet. Whitney Hayward/Staff Photographer
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