Standing with the pumpkins they chose are (from left): Airabella Marion, Michelle Belanger and Adrian Vaccaro at Service Credit Union Heritage Park in Berlin on Oct. 8. (PAUL ROBITAILLE PHOTO)
Passing out pumpkins at the pumpkin giveaway at Service Credit Union Heritage Park in Berlin on Oct. 8 are (from left) Paula Kinney, Androscoggin Valley Chamber of Commerce executive coordinator; Carissa Dupont, a member of the chamber's volunteer board of directors; and Ally Lefebvre. (PAUL ROBITAILLE PHOTO)
Hundreds of carved and lit pumpkins line the Walking Bridge in Berlin during a previous RiverFire. Berlin's annual fall family festival is scheduled for Oct. 15. (COURTESY PHOTO)
Laurie Wallace of Berlin holds the pumpkin she chose at Service Credit Union Heritage Park on Main Street on Saturday. (PAUL ROBITAILLE PHOTO)
Standing with the pumpkins they chose are (from left): Airabella Marion, Michelle Belanger and Adrian Vaccaro at Service Credit Union Heritage Park in Berlin on Oct. 8. (PAUL ROBITAILLE PHOTO)
Passing out pumpkins at the pumpkin giveaway at Service Credit Union Heritage Park in Berlin on Oct. 8 are (from left) Paula Kinney, Androscoggin Valley Chamber of Commerce executive coordinator; Carissa Dupont, a member of the chamber's volunteer board of directors; and Ally Lefebvre. (PAUL ROBITAILLE PHOTO)
More than 500 carved pumpkins were displayed on the walking bridge at RiverFire in 2019. Some were elaborate designs. (ALLISON MAUDE LAVERTU PHOTO)
Hundreds of carved and lit pumpkins line the Walking Bridge in Berlin during a previous RiverFire. Berlin's annual fall family festival is scheduled for Oct. 15. (COURTESY PHOTO)
BERLIN — If all goes according to plan, hundreds of pumpkins will line the bridge spanning the Androscoggin River on Main Street during Saturday’s RiverFire festival. On Oct. 8, the Androscoggin Valley Chamber of Commerce gave away nearly 600 pumpkins at Service Credit Union Heritage Park with a request from Paula Kinney, the chamber’s executive coordinator: “We want people to pick these up, take them home and carve the pumpkins for RiverFire next Saturday.”
Kids and adults heard Kinney’s plea, a plea that began earlier this month when Kinney said the cost and time associated with giving away the free pumpkins if the pumpkins aren’t brought back for placement on the bridge is getting too much to bear.
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