Story by Amy Modesti
Autumn is here, and the Third Annual Petersburgh Harvest Festival was the perfect way to welcome the season.
The hometown fest brought Petersburgh residents and visitors from neighboring areas together Saturday, September 24. Fifteen vendors took part in selling everything from pottery, flower illustrations, wool-made items, farm-made products, gourmet and medicinal mushrooms, to crafted beer, hard cider, coffee, food, and commemorative t-shirts.
Also included were mule rides given by 14-year-old mule, Mack, and Cody Brundige, the friendly scarecrow (and newest member of the Petersburgh ambulance squad), food vending benefitting the Petersburgh Parks and Recreation, Petersburgh Ambulance, SUNY Albany’s Health and Environment and their P Fast Health Study, raffles, selfie station with the pumpkin scarecrow, and entertainment provided by Donald Lindsay and Judy Campbell, Jayella, Donna Lange, The Aligning, Margo Far, and The Ginger Roots Band.
The Bennington Museum held their kids program outside the main festival arena providing young children opportunities to play with wooden and metal toys, check out motion picture booklets, take part in corn toss, make corn shuck dolls and paper plate animals, and practice the art of calligraphy.
The third annual Petersburgh Harvest Festival was hosted by Starry Ridge Farm and co-sponsored by Petersburgh Library and Petersburgh Veterans Memorial Community Center. For more info, follow @petersburgh_harvest_festival on Instagram or visit the Starry Ridge Farm Facebook page.
