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Attendees mingle on Stanhope's Main Street at the Spring Festival & Car Show. Credits: Jennifer Jean Miller
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Visitors to the Spring Festival sample some jams. Credits: Jennifer Jean Miller
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People browse the Silent Auction items. Credits: Jennifer Jean Miller
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Crowds browse the vendor booths. Credits: Jennifer Jean Miller
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Emma Dolan and Karen Gawron with Isotonix products. Credits: Jennifer Jean Miller
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Susan and Jeff Bolean with their tie dyes. Credits: Jennifer Jean Miller
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One of the bands from the day's festivities. Credits: Jennifer Jean Miller
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Booth after booth with vendors along Main Street. Credits: Jennifer Jean Miller
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Children bounce in the bounce houses adjacent to the river.. Credits: Jennifer Jean Miller
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Bell's Mansion on the street serving Pierogies and Kielbasa. Credits: Jennifer Jean Miller
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Bell's Mansion Pierogies ready to be enjoyed. Credits: Jennifer Jean Miller
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Stanhope Fire Department and the NJ Forest Fire Services display their vehicles. Credits: Jennifer Jean Miller
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The fish from the fishing contest swim peacefully during the festival. Credits: Jennifer Jean Miller
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Friends of Waterloo Village (George Graham and Susan Zellman), speak with passerbys, including Borough Clerk, Ellen Horak. Credits: Jennifer Jean Miller
Locals Come Out For Stanhope Spring Weekend
Monday, June 11, 2012 • 11:25pm
STANHOPE, NJ – People and businesses within the Borough of Stanhope spent the weekend celebrating for the municipality’s annual Spring Weekend.
“It’s a wonderful day,” said Stanhope’s Mayor Rosemarie Maio on Sunday, at the Spring Festival & Car Show, which ran on Sunday, and shut down most of the borough’s Main Street on Sunday from noon until 6pm.
“Everyone looks happy, we’re at capacity with vendors, lots to eat, lots at the silent auction,” Maio continued, surveying the crowds packing the street. “It’s nice to see everyone come out for something like this.”
Sponsored by the Stanhope Chamber of Commerce, Maio said, “The Chamber deserves a lot of credit.”
The silent auction benefitted the Town with a Heart Fund, a local fund that helps Stanhope residents in need.
Main Street was packed with vendors with items for sale, local organizations (Boy Scouts, Stanhope Seniors Club, Fire Department), a variety of items to eat from the grill, Pierogies and Kielbasa served up by Bell’s Mansion, live musical entertainment, bounce houses, engines from the Stanhope Fire Department, and the Forest Fire Services on display, and more.
Groups, such as the Friends of Waterloo Village were there, with information about how they raised funds for the roof restorations at the grist mill and blacksmith.
Next restoration project for the Friends of Waterloo is the Mule Bridge.
The Lake Musconetcong Community Association and, Lake Musconetcong Regional Planning Board were also there, and, the Lake Musconetcong Regional Planning Board had a tank filled with fish caught by children in the fishing contest earlier in the day, including a Catfish, Perch, and Sunfish. Passersby could see the fish, and also samples of the Water Chestnut invasive species to educate the public about what the lake community contends with.
The weekend was part of a series of celebrations, kicked off with a pig roast at Shakey Jake’s on Friday to benefit the Fire Department and Ambulance Squad, and the Townwide Garage Sale on Saturday.
