Hillsdale’s ninth annual Pumpkin Festival was held Saturday, October 10. It featured music, a pie competition, police demonstrations, a fire department chicken barbecue and a competition of scarecrows constructed in the personages of “essential workers and hometown heroes.” A procession of the scarecrows was mustered to walk from the village green down to Hamlet Park where they were installed for judgment. Pictured is Harper Benson, 8, as she adds the final touch of a smile to a firefighter scarecrow. Photo by David Lee
