From left: Scarlett O’Brien, Eric O’Brien, Penelope Schnier, Noah Blaker, and Gwyneth Evans ride down Mass Ave. atop a firetruck during the festivities at the Apple Blossom Festival.

Alex Magan tries to knock down a stack of bottles with a beanbag.

Bill Ennis, incoming president of the Ayer, Harvard, Shirley Rotary Club, presents Bromfield’s Tim Reynolds with a check for the school’s band after the jazz band played at the festival.

Alyson Marteney checks out the jewelery offerings of one of the many vendors  on the Common.

If this is the Apple Blossom Festival, can Fourth of July be far behind?

Jim Croyle of Blue Moon Farm on Depot Road sells organic vegetable plants from his booth on the Common.

Ella, a shepherd-husky mix adopted from the Sterling Animal Shelter by the Kilian family, enjoys the day.

Nina Green and Emily Douglas are star-struck as they ride down Slough Road on a fire truck.

Duckies await the annual Ducky Wucky River Race.

And they’re off!  The duckies splash into the Nashua River.

The duckies start their journey downstream as spectators watch from a bridge and the shore of the Nashua.

From left: Rotary Club members Pat Magnus, John Gervais, and Paul von Loeseke point out the winning duck. The winner of the race receives dinner anywhere in the world that he or she chooses. This year’s winner was Ernie Hills of Pepperell.

Spectators wait for the exciting finish.

 Ed Kelley pulls a canoe full of ducks to shore after the race.