Free fall festival

Great Pumpkin Fall Festival set for Saturday

Newman Christian Community Church, located at 4075 S. 132nd Ave. in Hesperia, is hosting its Great Pumpkin Fall Festival Fundraiser Saturday, Oct. 15 from 4-8 p.m. The event will include a chili cook-off, pie auction, doughnuts and cider, cookie decorating,…

Free fall festival

ORONO — On Sunday, Oct. 23 from 1-230 p.m., at the Orono Village Green next to the library, the public is invited to attend the CISV Fall Fest, an annual free event organized by the CISV Maine Junior Branch youth. All ages are welcome to join in on pumpkin carving, apple cider pressing, face painting, food, teen led CISV “energizer” activities and more! Information about CISV (formerly Children’s International Summer Village) will be shared.CISV…

Irvona Fall Festival set for Saturday

IRVONA — Irvona’s fourth annual Fall Festival will be held Saturday, Oct. 15. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Elderberry Park. The park is located at 5 Railroad St., Irvona.

Fall Pumpkin Festival planned at Lake Shetek State Park

SLAYTON Friends of Lake Shetek State Park will host the 16th annual Fall Pumpkin Festival from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 22, at Lake Shetek State Park’s Zuya Group Center.Come on out and jump in the biggest leaf pile you’ve ever seen. There will be face painting, hayrides, pumpkin decorating, activities and prizes to be had, along with s’mores by the campfire and refreshments. Don’t forget to take your fall family picture at the park.The Fall Pumpkin…

Great pumpkin

Peninsula Daily NewsPeninsula Daily News - Your #1 News Source for the Olympic Peninsula, Port Angeles, Sequim, Port Townsend and beyond.Dawna Krause and her husband Loren find that Dawna’s winning giant pumpkin measured 169 pounds on a spring scale from a small tractor scoop.Great pumpkinWire Service

Great pumpkins - The Coast News Group

I would not have believed it, but when I lived in Upstate New York, I witnessed an 800-pound pumpkin being pulled by a flat-bed trailer down Main Street in Cooperstown. It changed my mind about giant pumpkins forever. The pumpkins were on their way to a giant scale, where they would be hoisted off trucks for the weigh-in, with many of the winners topping 800 pounds and bringing thousands of dollars in prize money and notoriety for their growers.…