Warren Harrod pulls a haywagon full of would-be pumpkin pickers out to the fields to find pumpkins at Westward Orchards on Sept. 27.

A group of volunteers pose with their paint cans and brushes in front of Hildreth House on Sept. 23. The volunteers were participating in a Day of Caring organized by the United Way of North Central Massachusetts.

Christopher Bunnell (left) displays his first-place ribbon as his father, Patrick, holds up their prize-winning weed in front of the elementary school at a recent Farmers' Market..

Will Byler (with guitar) and Phil Stapleton on The Hot Susannahs prepare to take the stage at the Lions Club Fall Festival Battle of the Bands on Sept. 17.  MORE PHOTOS

Teddy Coffin (left) and Diane Cordner attire Molly the mannequin on the stairway to Bargains in the Belfry, the resale shop operated by the Women's Alliance of the Harvard Unitarian Church.

Charlotte Dewitt (far right) swings on a rope to tightly tie the top of a teepee constructed by her classmates from Mrs. Ames' second-grade class. The teepee construction was part of the HES curriculum on Native Americans.

“5 Dresses” by Alicia Dwyer is one of the artworks seen at the Old Frog Pond sculpture walk on Eldridge Road.

Ken Nygren (left) is congratulated by Harvard Conservation Trust Race for the Hills organizer Ted MacMahon at McCurdy Track on Sept. 12. Nygren finished first in the 70+ age bracket.  MORE PHOTOS

A cyclist tunes his bike before the start of the Ken Harrod Memorial Bike Ride on Sept. 11. (Photo by Tyler Papazian)  MORE PHOTOS

Garden Club member Kathy Jackson plants perennials in front of  the elementary school. (Photo by Worth Robbins)

Ninth-graders Sam Zajac (left) and Ezra Kraus get their assignment books from Ellen Leicher on the first day of school at Bromfield.  MORE PHOTOS

School Superintendent Thomas Jefferson greets the Carbonell brothers, third-grader Charlie (left) and first-grader Benjamin, as they are dropped off at HES.  MORE PHOTOS

Diane Rayla checks out the produce at the Harvard Farmer's Market. (Photo by Ellen Harasimowicz)  MORE PHOTOS

Becky Moran helps her daughter Abigale look for her name tag at the kindergarten picnic.  MORE PHOTOS