Windy Pines Farm at Huntington Fall Festival in 2015.
HUNTINGTON – This Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the sixth annual Huntington Fall Festival will be held on the town commons. Over 40 vendors will display their crafts and wares. A small petting zoo and free pumpkin painting for children will be featured. Entertainment will be provided by the bands “Out of Bounds” on Saturday from 12:30 to 4 p.m., and “Harvest Moon” on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m.
Janine LaPointe of the Huntington Fall Festival Committee said she and her husband Paul LaPointe started the festival six years ago, after noticing similar fairs in other towns. She said the first two years, the couple financed it themselves. They then formed a town committee under Parks and Recreation, allowing them to use the town commons and Stanton Hall for free. Besides the LaPointes, other members of the committee include Laura Nichols and Shelley Keeney.
Janine LaPointe, Huntington Fall Festival Committee.
The LaPointes also provide the pumpkins for the free pumpkin painting. They tried to grow them on the Windy Pines Farm this year, but instead traded their maple syrup for pumpkins from an area farm.
“Our intention when my husband and I started it was to give back to the community,” LaPointe said. This year, they are hoping to raise enough from the vendors (cost is $25 a booth), to give two scholarships to agricultural students at Gateway Regional and Smith Vocational.
“It seems to grow and grow every year,” LaPointe said.
