Photo: Joe Shaw
Photos Wanted!
We’re putting together commemorative photo book on our booth history at Fryeburg Fair through the years.
We’d love to see your old photos! Seventy-three years of memories! Photos of Mr. and Mrs. Briggs are especially rare and would be appreciated. Also, are there any Senior Leaguers out there who have pictures from the 60s of parking cars across from the main entrance?
Digitalized images would be great, but we can scan them if you can’t. Please email images to trusteefnc@gmail.com, or mail to FNC Booth Project, 12 Oxford Street, Fryeburg, ME 04037. If you would like your photo(s) returned, please include a stamped, self-addressed envelope.
Photos will be chosen for subject matter, eliminating duplicates, and clarity. Please make every attempt to provide a date when the photo was taken and identify anyone in it. Everyone whose photo is included in the book will be given credit and listed as a Contributor.
It’s our plan to have the book available by mid-September, in time for this year’s Fair. We’re hoping that many of those who have visited us regularly over the years, not to mention those of us who volunteered, will want this memory of when our community came together to provide good food and friendly smiles to the cross-section of Fair visitors and workers.
Fryeburg Fair Booth
May 2026
As most of you know by now, we regretfully let our lease lapse on our booth at the Fryeburg Fair. Following an emotional meeting with the congregation after church on April 26th, the Trustees voted to make it official, thus ending a 73-year tradition of the Fryeburg New Church serving up good, home-cooked meals – and pies! – at the Fair.
This decision was not reached lightly and was the result of several meetings and ongoing discussions within our membership since last Fall. Ours is an aging congregation, and there is an absence of people able to step forward at this point to oversee the multiple aspects of our operation.
Letting go of our booth at the Fair was a significant and emotional decision for us all, especially those of us for whom “working at the Fair” was an annual Fall tradition. We appreciate your support as we navigate this new chapter and explore alternative ways to sustain our fundraising efforts and the mission of our church.
The New Church Booth - A Brief History
