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FRYEBURG, Maine — The 176th Fryeburg Fair rolls into its final weekend of the eight-day fair, with today’s highlight being the Grand Parade at 10 a.m. at the harness racing track and music tonight at the grandstand at 8 p.m. by the disco band Motor Booty Affair.
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Greetings from 14 Grove St, and happy first full week of October!
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LAMBS GROVE, Iowa — Move over, soccer moms, forget about NASCAR dads and dismiss even the “bunch of childless cat ladies” that JD Vance identified — all shorthands for critical voting groups in past elections. The term with a powerful punch in this year’s midterm congressional election is “d…
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CONWAY — As part of October’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Starting Point invites the community to a special evening of music, connection and purpose at the Diane Zeigler house concert on Saturday.
Obituaries
Donna M. Donnelly, 81, of North Conway, N.H., passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Sept. 29, 2026.
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The weather has been phenomenal, but the seasons are changing. The winds of change roared through the area on Monday and Tuesday, dumping leaves, pine needles, pine cones and tree branches all over the place. The sounds of leaf blowers were heard across the valley on Tuesday and Wednesday. E…
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CONWAY — On Monday, Cranmore Mountain Resort announced reaching a significant milestone in its base-area transformation the closing on a sale of the final residence at The Lookout.
Real Estate
EATON — This large, expanded Cape-style custom home at 21 Youngs Road, built in 2004 by and for highly regarded Mount Washington Valley builder Thomas Costello, is set on 7.6 private acres just off Glines Hill Road.
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Pickering Corner in Wolfeboro has become a hotbed for demonstrations that span the issue gamut, from national policies to races for state representatives, of which there are many districts and many candidates in Carroll County.
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FRYEBURG, Maine — I’ll be the first to admit that I truly miss seeing Sut and Margaret Marshall’s horse-drawn wagons display at the Fryeburg Fair, which always was something to look forward to.
Weekenders
BROWNFIELD, Maine — Get ready for a very special evening of intimate acoustic music when legendary singer Maria Muldaur comes to Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield on Saturday, Oct. 10.
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Baman Stone came to Fryeburg, Maine, in 1873 to be minister of Fryeburg’s Congregational Church, but just four years later, he was “uninstalled” — or fired, in common parlance. Too liberal, would be my guess, especially since he went straight from that posting to found a congregation of Swed…
