Fun times at the Fall Festival

Posted Thursday, October 15, 2015 10:06 am

The pumpkin patch was a major draw for Greg Del Drio and his son, Lucas, 7, at the city’s annual Fall Festival at Kennedy Plaza last weekend.

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Bobbie Mae Creo and Debbie Mantia posed behind an autumn scene.

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Michael DeJesus, 8, checked out his Halloween face-paint.

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Families sought after the perfect fall pumpkin in the festival’s pumpkin patch.

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Jake Lacombe fed a sheep from the Party Pets petting zoo.

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Caroline Wolpert dressed as Wonder Woman while James Molfetta, 2, went as Spiderman, accompanied by Ken Wolpert.

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Harper Tomao, 2, enjoyed some cotton candy.

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Long Beach enjoyed beautiful weather as the city held its 19th annual Fall Festival in Kennedy Plaza last weekend. The event featured numerous family activities including a pumpkin patch, puppet shows, a petting zoo, pony rides, haunted house, hay wagon and fire engine rides and other live entertainment.

Kids dressed up for the annual children’s costume parade on Saturday afternoon and marched from the Recreation Center down to Kennedy Plaza. Awards were handed out for best costume and other categories.

There was also a food and wine tent for adults with samplings from local businesses including Minnesota’s, Sugo, Himawari, Don Juan’s, The Atlantica, Season Pan Asian and the Point Lookout Deli/Whale’s Tale. Food vendors were also offering up international fare along Park Avenue near the plaza.

Live musical entertainment was provided by the Long Island Harmonizers Chorus and the Darlene Graham Band at the bandstand on National Boulevard.

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