July 17, 2020
Piscataquis Valley Fair: What are you going to miss the most this year, the rides, the music, the food, or an event like the ox pulling or demo derby?
Piscataquis Valley Fair: All of the above!
Darlene: We love to camp at the camp grounds and make all the events but I do think demolition derby will be a big miss and the horse shows
Anna: Going to miss it all! :(
Shannon: My fair people.
Deborah: The whole thing it is a great family event that we look forward to every year
Taylor: All of it!
LeAnn: Stans Fries!!
Michelle: Everything
Mary: North Country Riding Club Horse show!
Norm: tuff trucks
Judy: Everything!!!!!!!!
Nancy: Food
Janice: Demo derby
Dale: Flower show, food, animals
Allysa: The Demolition Derby, the rides, the animals, and the food!
August 27, 2020
Piscataquis Valley Fair: Today is what should be opening day 2020. What do you miss the most?
Patty: I was just telling my husband how strange it feels not to go to the fair this year. We are both 73 and been going now for 50 years.
Ashley: The truck pulls and food. My kiddo would have been tall enough this year for rides too I think so that stinks. The fair is my favorite.
Maaf: I miss everything! Good luck next year Maine fairs!!
Lou: Seeing old friends, the food, and all of what makes a great fair.
Michelle: Being able to go there n bringing the grandchildren to a great n amazing fair
Lisa: All of it from setting up and running around to relaxing with friends that have become family.
Sharon: Singing.
Lynn: Catching up with people, having fair food, watching the kids go on all the rides, and looking at the displays.
Katie: All of it... the smiles and laughs and fun my kids have there.
Darlene: Fair food, seeing people I haven't seen all year.
Norm: Tuff trucks
Judy: the smells and sounds and people!
Kelly: Horse pulling
Karen: Bingo! and being in Maine.
Dawn: Demolition derby lol
Ainsley: The horse show and the zipper
Samantha: I know a couple people missing their annual trip to the Fair and Fire Museum!
Kelly: Seeing people I haven't seen in years.
Damian: Scrambler and fried dough
Leanne: Maple Cotton Candy
Piscataquis Valley Fair: Leanne, you can get that at Bob’s Sugarhouse on E Main St in Dover all year long!!
Becky: Corn dogs, cotton candy, curly fries, fried Oreos… pretty much all of it.
Sherri: French fries and burgers
Sharon: French fries and dough boys plus cotton candy
Darlene: Dough boys and sausage sandwiches
Jen: The animals and our fair family <3
Hilda: I always liked supporting the local fire departments’ burgers/hot dog standardized
Rosa: Blooming onions
Natasha: Blooming onions
Benjamin: Hearing Dan call the pulls on the loud speaker.
Jackie: Stan’s fries and hot sausage on the hill
Danielle: Stans fries
Crystal: Sausage and french fries and Doe Boy
Allysa: The local fire department hamburgers, the strawberry smoothie with some lemonade mixed in (end of the day leftovers) from the stand my cousin runs every year.
Char-lin: Blooming onion. And fried veggies!
Kate: Blooming onion and the doughboys.
Maaf: Fried food and cotton candy
Deborah: Dough boy
Ivy: Doughboys
Karylyn: Candy apples
Terri: Blooming onions!
Lynn: Doughboys
Wendy: Italian sausage
The cemetery tour with local historian Tom Goulette will be held at the Lawn Cemetery on the left side of Route 15 (Elm Street) heading west at 6:30 pm and will include the mystery of the lost cremains.
Thanks to the Red Maple Inn for providing the bounce house and live music and to the town of Guilford for providing the masks and sanitizer.
The Guilford Memorial Library will host a book sale on from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sept. 26 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Masks will be required and social distancing will be observed.