PHOTOS: Celebrating fall with Peak Into Peterborough

The Our Town Trot 5K started across from Adams Playground. STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID ALLEN

Caroline Stevens of Rindge with Ziti at the Fashion Show with People and Their Pets. —STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID ALLEN

Janine Pumyea of Gardner, Mass., with Emmaline at the fashion show. —STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID ALLEN

Belgian horses from the Warren Farm in Alstead provide wagon rides. STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID ALLEN

Chashew, from Dublin. —STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID ALLEN

Amy Dugan of Peterborough with Lucy at the fashion show. —STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID ALLEN

Julian Pelletier, 3, of Peterborough with Sparky. STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID ALLEN

Sue Yarger of Rindge with Willoughby at the fashion show. —STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID ALLEN

Chashew, from Dublin. STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID ALLEN

Emmas Carpenter of Dublin with Chashew at the fashion show. —STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID ALLEN

Ciaran Nagle and Jack after finishing the Our Town Trot. —STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID ALLEN

Ali McGuirk performs at Depot Park. STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID ALLEN

Peterborough Fire Department provided a vehicle-extrication demonstration. STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID ALLEN

Helen Fairman of Peterborough with Loki and Ripley at the fashion show. STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID ALLEN

Jack, the only official four-footed entry in the Our Town Trot, courtesy of owner Ciaran Nagle of Peterborough. —STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID ALLEN

Sebastian, a 5-year-old pot belly pig, left, and Kune, a 10-week-old kunekune pig, at Peak into Peterborough. STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID ALLEN

Emma Bell, 6, left, and Skyler Bell, 8, of Peterborough at the wagon rides. —STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID ALLEN

Rosie Stahl, 7, of Hancock has her face painted. STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID ALLEN

Megan Suokko emcees the Fashion Show with People and Their Pets. —STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID ALLEN

Published: 10-22-2024 12:06 PM

Peterborough NH

Live music, face painting and a 5K race were among the offerings at Peak into Peterborough on Saturday, Oct. 19.

Wagon rides on Belgian horses, a fashion show that included the models’ dogs, and local vendors under tents at Putnam Park drew families and under a cloudless sky. A “Best Soup in Peterborough” contest at the Unitarian Universalist Church saw Harlow’s emerge with the title. The Peterborough Fire Department demonstrated an extraction procedure using a wrecked automobile and hosted a Touch-A-Truck event.

Sean Walter was the first finisher in the men’s division of the trot with a time of 18 minutes, 1 second. Lindsey Masterson was the first women’s finisher at 22:23. The Greater Monadnock Collaborative, a regional chamber of commerce with an office at 20 Grove St. in Peterborough, organized the annual event which was presented by presented by LR3 Development, LLC. Individuals central to bringing the day together including Megan Suokko, Dan Petrone, Laura Akerly, Jeremy Blydenburgh-Cote and Mandy Sliver, according to collaborative President and CEO Luca Paris.