Sunday, September 30, 2012

Maine's Fryeburg fair kicks off

FRYEBURG, Maine (AP) — Up to 300,000 people are expected for this year’s Fryeburg Fair, Maine’s largest agricultural fair.

The fair begins Sunday and runs through next Sunday, attracting crowds with its midway, more than 3,000 farm animals, food booths, harness racing, live music and events such as horse- and ox-pulling competitions, a skillet-throwing contest and pig scrambles.

Admission is $10, with children under 12 and seniors 65 and older admitted for free.

The fair has been held in its current location since 1885.

For more information visit: http://www.fryeburgfair.com/

Monday, September 24, 2012

NH police investigate untimely death of hiker


TEMPLE, N.H. (AP) — Police in Temple, N.H., are investigating the death of a 70-year-old hiker who was found unconscious and unresponsive on a trail at Miller State Park.
Police said another hiker descending the Marion Davis Trail found the Robert Foster of Milford unresponsive about 12:30 p.m. Sunday, about a quarter-mile from the trail head on Pack Monadnock Mountain.
Rescue crews performed CPR, but were not successful. Police are calling it an untimely death.