From left, Lucy Opalka, Carlisle Ferguson, Eleanor Willard, and Suzy Opalka pause while washing a car during a Girl Scout fundraiser at the transfer station on Oct. 2.

A runner stretches before the start of the 10K Apple Harvest Ramble on Oct. 3.  MORE PHOTOS

John Blackwell conducts the Nashoba Valley Concert Band at a concert held in memory of Jim Wallace on Oct. 3.  MORE PHOTOS

Hydrangeas from Blue Moon on display at the Farmers' Market.

From left, Jack Shelton takes photos as Alexaleigh Colon watches Paula Gray of the King Arthur Flour company measure out flour as she talks to Isalbele Reeves during a bread-making demonstration.

Harvard University student Ian Shields takes a measurement of some of the lichens on a headstone in the Town Center Cemetery.

Sarah Sobalvarro takes her time picking out just the right Beanie Baby at the Columbus Day Weekend Flea Market on Oct. 9.  MORE PHOTOS

From left, Gwyneth Burns, Judy Lorimer (former Harvard teacher and representative from the nonprofit Build a School in Africa), Amy Hunter, Bolek Myczkowski, and Nathan Dutkewych sing and play percussion instruments during a seventh grade geography class.

Building Inspector Gabe Vellante takes the microphone at an information session on the proposed "stretch code" on Oct. 14.

Middle schoolers fill the Cronin Auditorium with music at Bromfield's choral concert.  MORE PHOTOS

Visiting teachers from Iceland observe an anatomy class at Bromfield on Oct. 25.

Pumpkins of all shapes and sizes at Willard's Farm in Still River.  

Sophie Thompson willingly volunteers to perform with  the The Stupendous Mr. Magichead at a Village Nursery School-sponsored magic show at the elementary school on Oct. 23.

Patti Harnois (left), the new head trainer at Meadow March Riding Center, watches as Gabriella McCarthy clears a jump atop Flower, a Pinto horse.

Maria, Mia, and Bruce Maisel approach the finish line of the Celebrate Childhood Fun Run with smiles on their faces on Oct. 23.

The L'Ecuyer house on the Common is decked out for Halloween.  MORE PHOTOS