NOTE (8:32 am): This post has been updated to include a photo of a scarecrow that arrived for the competition late Monday or very early Tuesday morning, and an updated photo of a scarecrow that was completed also late Monday or early Tuesday morning.
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What is a scarecrow’s favorite fruit?
One of this year’s entries for the Second Annual Newtown Parks & Recreation Scarecrow Contest shares the answer with those who visit Fairfield Hills before Friday, October 29.
Scarecrows have been appearing on the town-owned campus since last week, and all entries were due by sunset October 25. Local groups, businesses, and families were invited to enter the contest by "adopting" one of the lamp posts within Fairfield Hills for a $25 entry fee, and installing a scarecrow of their own conception.
As of 4:30 that afternoon, 26 scarecrows had arrived for public voting and many were already checking them out. Some wanted to see them before predicted rains arrived Monday night, along with the potential of damaging or even destroying some of the carefully crafted entries.
Voting Open Daily
Voting opens this morning (October 26), and continues through Friday. There is no charge to participate.
Ballots and the ballot box are available in the vestibule of Newtown Community Center, 8 Simpson Street. A ballot template can also be downloaded here.
The public is invited to vote once each day of the competition. Scarecrows are competing in the categories of: Most Original; Newtown Pride; and People's Choice.
Votes will be received during community center hours.
There are seasonably creepy entries this year, including at least one clearly paying homage to the original use of the Fairfield Hills property. For many, it is easy to tell which business or group is behind the creations. Others do not give away that information so easily, relying instead on viewers enjoying the creativity of each scarecrow.
Scarecrows can be spotted from the moment visitors enter the campus through its main entrance. There are scarecrows along Trades Lane, at the Trades Lane-Keating Farms Avenue intersection; along Keating Farms Avenue, south to the corner with Washington Avenue; Simpson Street (with many in front of the community-senior center); one on 1st Street, and one on D.G. Beers Boulevard, to the north of the municipal center.
The photos for this story have been put in the order of their lamp post number. Not all lamp posts were used for entries — those building scarecrows were allowed to select their preferred post on which to affix their entry.
This is why the numbers noted within the photos are not sequential. More than 140 lamp posts were available for use across the campus.
Not all entries had visible numbers on Monday afternoon; those that did have them included with their photos.
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Associate Editor Shannon Hicks can be reached at shannon@thebee.com.
Elaine Breitling takes a photo of one scarecrow on view within Fairfield Hills Monday afternoon. Entries have been arriving for the past week and were due on campus by sunset October 25. Breitling was excited to see a headless horseman entry, she said. Her son had dressed as that character for Halloween when he was young, and she was going to send him a photo of the scarecrow she found. —Bee Photos, Hicks
Lamp post #1, at the Fairfield Hills main entrance.
Lamp post #2, also at the Fairfield Hills main entrance.
Lamp post #5, on Trades Lane.
Lamp post #10, at the eastern corner of Trades Lane and Keating Farms Avenue.
Lamp post #11, southern corner of D.G. Beers Boulevard and Keating Farms Avenue.
Lamp post #12, also on the southern corner of D.G. Beers Boulevard and Keating Farms Avenue.
Lamp post #17, along Keating Farms Avenue.
Lamp post #34, Keating Farms Avenue.
Lamp post #35, Keating Farms Avenue.
Lamp post #36, northern corner of Keating Farms Avenue and Washington Square.
Lamp post #37, western corner of Keating Farms Avenue and Washington Square (in front of Newsylum).
Lamp post #38, also western corner of Keating Farms Avenue and Washington Square (in front of Newsylum).
Lamp post #39, at the southern corner of Keating Farms Avenue and Simpson Street.
Lamp post #40, at the southern corner of Keating Farms Avenue and Simpson Street.
Lamp post #42, eastern corner of Keating Farms Avenue and Simpson Street.
Lamp post #42, also on the eastern corner of Keating Farms Avenue and Simpson Street.
Lamp post #59, at the southern corner of Simpson Street and Primrose Street.
Lamp post #61, on Simpson Street (in front of community center's parking lot).
Lamp post #62, on Simpson Street (in front of community center's parking lot).
Lamp post #63, on Simpson Street (in front of community center's parking lot).
Lamp post #65, 8 Simpson Street (in front of community center).
Lamp post #66, 8 Simpson Street (in front of community center).
Lamp post #67, 8 Simpson Street (in front of community center).
Lamp post #68, 8 Simpson Street (in front of community center).
Lamp post #67, 8 Simpson Street (northeast of senior center entrance).
Lamp post #110, on 1st Street (western side of municipal center).
Lamp post #140, Beers Boulevard at 1st Street (in front of municipal center).
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