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Seven-year-old Jacob Ouellette of Shady Lane Farm in New Vineyard leads his steer Zeke at the Oxford Fair Wednesday. Jacob’s mom Amie said that he raised Zeke and his pulling partner Dick as bottle babies and is their trainer. Nicole Carter / Advertiser Democrat
Eris Stephens hops down from the West Paris Fire Engine to rejoin her siblings mother, Kaitlynn Stephens, during the Junior Firemen’s Muster hosted by the West Paris Fire Department at the Oxford County Fair on Sept. 11. Evan W. Houk/Advertiser Democrat
Seven-year-old Lennon Noble knocks a water bottle off an orange traffic cone during the Junior Firemen’s Muster hosted by the West Paris Fire Department at the Oxford County Fair on Sept. 11. Noble visited the fair with his second grade class from Waterford Memorial School for agricultural and conservation education day. Evan W. Houk/Advertiser Democrat
Woodstock Elementary School teacher Amy Lilly helps student Chase Fisher put on firefighter gloves during the Junior Firemen’s Muster at the Oxford County Fair on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Evan W. Houk/Advertiser Democrat
Six- and 7-year-old kids chase after a herd of small pigs, trying to bag one for themselves, during the younger age group pig scramble at the Oxford County Fair On Sept. 14. All 12 participants were able to catch a pig to bring home with them. Evan W. Houk/Advertiser Democrat
Six- and 7-year-old kids chase after a herd of small pigs, trying to bag one for themselves, during the younger age group pig scramble at the Oxford County Fair on Sept. 14. All 12 participants were able to catch a pig to bring home with them. Evan W. Houk/Advertiser Democrat
Six-year-old Gabe Anderson was one of 12 participants to bag a pig in the 6-7 age division pig scramble at the Oxford County Fair on Sept. 14. Anderson also bagged a pig at the Topsham and Litchfield fairs and said he will add his newest acquisition to his pig pen at home. Evan W. Houk/Advertiser Democrat
Six- and 7-year-old kids chase after a herd of small pigs, trying to bag one for themselves, as volunteers look on during the younger age group pig scramble at the Oxford County Fair on Saturday. All 12 participants were able to catch a pig to bring home with them. Evan W. Houk/Advertiser Democrat
A bird’s eye from the Oxford County Fair Ferris wheel on Sept. 14, the final day of the fair. Evan W. Houk/Advertiser Democrat
Oxford Fair co-treasurer Henry Jackson of Oxford collected an array of ribbons for his entries at the fair’s Agricultural Exhibit Center, including first place for this best arranged mixed flowers. Nicole Carter / Advertiser Democrat
Fire departments around Oxford County exhibited their apparatus during the Oxford Fair this week. West Paris brought Engine 5 to the fair Wednesday. Nicole Carter / Advertiser Democrat

Nicole joined Sun Journal’s Western Maine Weeklies group in 2019 as a staff writer for the Franklin Journal and Livermore Falls Advertiser. Later she moved over to the Advertiser Democrat where she covers...

Evan Houk is a journalist originally from Bessemer, Pennsylvania, who writes and takes photographs for the Advertiser Democrat and Sun Journal. He's also the creator of the Oxford Hills Now newsletter....

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