NORTH ANDOVER — There was no pulling the wool over your eyes Sunday at the 53rd annual Sheep Shearing Festival at North Andover Common. As a matter of fact, it was all about shaving the wool off a ...

Spinning the black sheep from its feet to its rear, the shepherdess takes its chin in one hand and the clippers in another. Sometimes they put up with their 8-month shave, says Amy Wolf. "Sometimes ...

At the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival, the "Sheep to Shawl" challenge is simultaneously cut-throat competitive and warm and fuzzy. Each team is made up of one sheep and five people: one shearer, three ...

Without their annual haircut, six residents of Buckley Homestead County Park may have died in the wool. But after their appointment with Lowell farmer Joe Reed, the sheep emerge about 10 pounds ...