Sophie Thompson ends up a powdered-dougnut princess at the Harvard Family Association's Halloween celebration on Oct. 31.  MORE HALLOWEEN PHOTOS

From left: Margaret Nestler, Erhart Muller, and Marie Finnegan chat at an Oct. 29 Harvard Conservation Trust party at Fruitlands Museum to honor Muller, one of the founders of the Trust.

Geese in motion at Bare Hill Pond. (Photo by Sue Fitterman)

Late-season foliage at Belleview Cemetery.

Congresswoman Niki Tsongas speaks with Frank Paxson at the General Store on Oct. 24 during her Congress on Your Corner program. For nearly three hours Tsongas and her staff met with dozens of people from Harvard and surrounding towns to hear their concerns and needs. (Photo by Sue Fitterman)

Facilities Manager Mark Force helps unload office furniture at the Bromfield School on Oct. 22. Liberty Mutual donated approximately $10,000 worth of surplus office furniture to the schools and to Fruitlands Museum.

More than 80 people gathered in the rain on Oct. 24 on the town Common as part of more than 5,000 events worldwide coordinated by 350.org to urge leaders to take quick and decisive action on global warming. (Photo by Sue Fitterman)

Nine-year-old Abby Zajac takes advantage of the early snowfall to make the season’s first snowman. (Courtesy photo)

Lauren Hunnewell sells balloons at the Parent Teacher Organization’s Fall Fête held at Fruitlands on Oct. 17. Recipients popped the balloons to reveal special prizes noted inside.

CM•GC Building Corporation’s Construction Supervisor Bill DiBurro guides a 52-foot-long, 4,700-pound beam suspended by a crane into place during construction of a new Fellowship Building for the Unitarian Universalist Church on Elm Street.

Snow covers the tops of pumpkins at Willard’s Farm Stand on Still River Road following the first snow of the season. (Photo by Sue Fitterman)

Tyler Brandom plays cymbals in the middle school's symphonic band concert on Oct. 15. MORE PHOTOS

Charlie Sennott kicks off the 2009-2010 Warner Free Lecture Series on Oct. 9 as he talks about his news startup, Global Post, a website that is changing the way international news is reported in the United States.

Susan Pescatore (left) and Josie Carothers check out an antique skirt at the Flea Market in front of Old Bromfield on October 10 sponsored by the Harvard Schools Trust and League of Women Voters of Harvard.  MORE PHOTOS

A pair relaxes and watches the sun set over Bare Hill Pond. (Photo by Sue Fitterman)

Nicholas Thornton and Ethan Taylor (center) lead a group of students and parents as they walk down Oak Hill Road on their way from Carlson Orchards to the elementary school on International Walk to School Day, October 8. (Photo by Sue Fitterman)

(From left) Ken Van Wormer, Jim Burns, and Larry Doe talk at the Oct. 2 opening of “Covered Bridges” an exhibit at the Historical Society.

Jon Schoenberg of Myrick Lane grabs a quick drink on Under Pin Hill Road at the 2-mile mark of the 10-mile Apple Harvest Ramble on Oct. 4.  MORE PHOTOS

A classic Shaker oval box is up for bid at an auction of Shaker furniture and collectibles at Fruitlands on Oct. 3. Willis Henry Auctions of Marshfield managed the event. MORE PHOTOS

Melissa Yahia, Sue Ginouves, and Chris Colley speak with Jeff Harris at the opening of the exhibit “Barn Raising of a Different Kind” on Oct. 5. featuring work by local artists Sue Ginouves, Sue Fitterman, Colleen Pierce, and Judy Warner.