Mary Hall waves and throws candy from the back of the Hardwick Rescue Squad ambulance. She is an advanced emergency medical technician for the Squad.First place float was awarded to the Buffalo Mountain Market. Riding on the float are Sue Barclay (left) and Mary Piper (right).Spiderman is always a big hit with the kids watching the parade.Kiwanian Anne Batten, 90, waves to the crowd as she rides with John Mandeville in his Corvette. She was one of three Senior Grand Marshalls of this year’s parade with the theme of “Our Seniors are the Foundation of Our Community.”The First Annual Joe Brosseau Duck Drop was one of many activities held during Saturday’s festivities. Hardwick Fire Department Second-assistant Chief Rick Sullivan drops the 380 plastic ducks from 75 feet to a target below. Kiwanis raised $1,900 from the fundraiser and the winner, Heather Lanphear of Woodbury, received half of it.The Hardwick Kiwanis Club was in charge of getting donations this year for the fireworks show presented by Northstar. They were set off from Hudson Field at Hazen Union and could be seen throughout the town.Hazen Union band members marched and played in the parade this year for the first time since COVID in 2020. Walking with the banner are Abram Leveillee (left) and Sadie Gann (right).Gracie Flanders (left), Autumn Dailey (center) and Julia des Groseilliers (right) ride on their horses.Riding on the Kiwanis Float (from left) are: Emily Merriam, Lana Stacey, Tyler Billings and Kiwanians Audrey Billings and Connie Bellavance.Watching, listening and dancing under the lights of the Pavilion on Atkins Field.The Kiwanis Club sponsored a free dance under the Pavilion on Atkins Field with music by the “Girls, Girls, Girls” band. Singers in front (from left) are: Grace Hain, Audrey Kiely and Silene Decivcies. In back are instrumentalists (from left): Tom Cleary, Matt Davide, Colin Craig and Andy Gagnon.
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