Despite some cold weather, hundreds of people showed up for a day of festivities organized on behalf of newly-elected Mayor Will Flanagan. Activities along the City's waterfront included free horse-drawn wagon rides and ice sculpture carving at the Ponta Delgada Gates of the City, a live art exhibition by YEAH! Youth Arts at the Marine Museum, music at the Narrows Center for the Arts and The Room at the Waterstreet Cafe, live music at the Lotus Rising Center, free rides for children at the Carousel, and a variety of activities offered by the Fall River Children's Museum at the Heritage State Park Visitors' Center. Activities there also included clowns, a petting zoo, crafts, and face painting along with free hot chocolate and pizza. The 3rd annual Fall River Fitness Challenge, which also attracted hundreds, took place at Community Development Recreation on Bank Street during the same time period. Click here for the Herald News article about the event.
 

(Top row, left) Bonnie Cohen is sketched by local artist Shannon Reynolds as part of the YEAH! Youth Arts demonstration at the Marine Museum. (Top row, center) Clay and Dylan Walters of Fall River watch as ice sculptor Louis Manzoni of Art In Ice completes a sculpture for the evening's inaugural ball at Bristol Community College. (Top row, right) Draft horse Dakota waits along with his owner, Craig Bein, for passengers Michael and Victoria Kimpel and Sandra Couture to climb aboard the wagon for a ride around the Ponta Delgada Plaza. (Middle row, left) Angela Fallon leads her four-year-old daughter, Emma, and her friend Gracie Schellar off of the Carousel after a free ride. (Middle row, center) Newly-elected Mayor Will Flanagan is greeted by friend Gail Duarte who works with the Mayor's wife, Marlene, at the Child Development Center. (Middle row, right) Saxophonist Mike Anttila and guitarist Rob Charest of Sax Machine perform at Lotus Rising. (Bottom row, left) Jennifer and Peter Swist of Swansea stand behind their children Liam, 3, and Katherine, 5, and next to Kendra Abrantes as they watch Chip Pietrazek create a balloon hat. (Bottom row, center) Christine Cleare gets instructions on how to make a Children's Museum bookmark. (Bottom row, right) Seven-year-old twins Avery and Lulu Macomber try floating ping pong balls on streams of air blowing from tubes set up by Children's Museum volunteer Rick Snizek and Laura Charette.