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UNITY

Another Common Ground Fair has been and gone, and it seems to be getting more popular than ever. “We closed down Route 139!” one of the volunteers proclaimed Saturday.

While it’s not as impressive as Arlo Guthrie announcing the closing of the New York Thruway during Woodstock — Route 139 from Fairfield to Unity is, after all, a two-lane road — the sentiment and the sensibility were a lot alike. Even on a dreary day, Common Ground was alive with color, from the bright autumn gourds, pumpkins, and apples to be found at every farmer’s booth, to the homespun sweaters and hats worn by the young volunteers and children who dashed around the fair, to the vegetable costumes worn by the kids in the Organic Parade.

 
 
Although traffic is becoming a serious issue, none of the fairgoers would have been anywhere else. Here are some photos from this year’s Common Ground Fair.







 
 
 
 
ABOVE: PUMKINS, ZUCCHINIS AND GOURDS on display at the fair. Top right, a man cooks fish chowder. Middle right, a weaving demonstration. Bottom right, two people dressed as a zucchini and a potato. Bottom, fairgoers participate in contradancing.
ABOVE: PUMKINS, ZUCCHINIS AND GOURDS on display at the fair. Top right, a man cooks fish chowder. Middle right, a weaving demonstration. Bottom right, two people dressed as a zucchini and a potato. Bottom, fairgoers participate in contradancing.

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