Sulky drivers are not deterred by the muddy track at the Farmington Fairgrounds.
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Train between the rain at Farmington Fairgorunds
Rex Ellis shoes Swift Image, a 5-year-old standardbred, in one of the barns Monday afternoon during a light rain at the Farmington Fairgrounds. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Christine Holt drives her horse, Max, as her stable owner, Mike Cushing, drives Peach around the track Monday morning at the Farmington Fairgrounds. Holt and Cushing used a break […]
Farmington will host first rabbit and cavy show Saturday
FARMINGTON — The first North Western Maine Rabbit and Cavy Fanciers Sandy River Show will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 3, at the Farmington Fairgrounds. The show will be held in the Starbird building. There will be adult and youth divisions. Polly Chasse of Hartford, club secretary/treasurer, said there will be two shows, with a rabbit […]
Kids flock to fairgrounds for Agriculture Education Day
FARMINGTON — Just before 9 a.m. Sept. 19, the sheep barn on the Farmington Fairgrounds was calm and quiet. Shortly after a rooster crowed, the air was filled with excited chatter and the sound of footsteps as the first busload of students made their way into the barn. The 26th Annual Agriculture Education Day at […]
Television theme brings back favorites at Franklin County Relay For Life
FARMINGTON — Gilligan and the Skipper, too, gathered for a team lap to start off the 2015 Franklin County Relay For Life held Saturday at Farmington Fairgrounds. Television favorites set the stage for the Relay. “Gilligan’s Island,” “Happy Days,” “The Brady Bunch” and “The Adams Family” were remembered as the theme this year is “TV […]
Farmington Fire and Rescue to host firefighters’ convention
FARMINGTON — Farmington Fire and Rescue will host the Maine Federation of Firefighters’ Convention on Sept. 5, 6 and 7. A parade will take place starting at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 6. It will start from the Farmington Fairgrounds, follow High Street to Broadway, go down Main Street to Prescott and back up to […]
2nd Annual Motor Madness comes to Farmington
FARMINGTON — Western Maine Street Rods will hold its second annual Motor Madness on July 25 and 26 at Farmington Fairgrounds. The event is from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, July 25, and from 8 a.m. until closing Saturday, July 26, member Michael Pond said. Friday events include a swap meet, flea market, vendors […]