“Village Blacksmith" image wins first place!

This photo of our own village blacksmith, "Mr. Snitch" (Kevin Stirnweis) taken by yours truly during the regular October season at Pioneer Village, won first prize in the "People and Places" category of the 2011 Essex National Heritage Photo Contest. Starting next May you can come and see him in person! The link to the contest site is here:
http://www.essexheritage.org/photocontest/index.shtml

Halloween Craziness

October was a very busy month at Pioneer Village. The Village was not only the site of numerous tours this October, but several special events, including a Pirate Day, trick or treating Halloween weekend, and a "Haunted Village" attraction that ran the last two weekends of October. There were storytellers, witches, and a demon blacksmith. All told the Village had several hundred visitors. To all those who worked at the Village in all kinds of weather, Thank You. For those patrons who attended, Thank You as well.

Pioneer Village is now officially closed to the public, although private school group tours will continue until November 20th. The Village will re-open in may of 2012.