Area Residents Flock To Adams Fairacre Farms For Harvest Fest

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Poughkeepsie's Adams Fairacre Farms held its annual Harvest Fest on Sunday, and the event was well attended, with big crowds turning out in the perfect fall weather.

A girl paints a pumpkin at Sunday's Harvest Fest.
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Kids check out the petting zoo at Adams Fairacre Farms Harvest Fest.
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Kids check out the bouncy house area at Harvest Fest.
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Artist Deane Arnold carves a huge pumpkin at Harvest Fest.
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Kids paint pumpkins at Harvest Fest.
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There was a waiting line for the hay ride at Harvest Fest.
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A group of kids enjoying Harvest Fest.
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A girl paints a pumpkin at Adams Fairacre Farms Harvest Fest.
Photo Credit: *Skip Pearlman*

Nice crowds turned out for Harvest Fest Sunday in Poughkeepsie.
Photo Credit: *Skip Pearlman*

Skip Pearlman

10/18/2015 10:00 a.m.

The Harvest Fest featured lots of free fun for the kids, including pony rides, face painting, and a petting zoo.

There was also lots of food, as well as blow-up tents for the kids, sand art, pumpkin carving with Deane Arnold, a graphic designer, and a free family show, as well as demonstrations by the Poughkeepsie Police Department and the Arlington Fire Department.

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