The Office of Mayor Will Flanagan provided a First Day Family Festival at Kennedy Park from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. free of charge to anyone who wanted to enjoy some winter fun on a relatively warm New Year's Day. A variety of activities designed for children and accompanying adults were held at the lower end of the park including arts and crafts and science experiments provided by the Fall River Children's Museum, and both train and horse-drawn wagon rides. A variety of food, including kale soup from Terra Nostra, chili from Blount Seafood, chicken soup from McGovern’s Restaurant, hot dogs from CD Recreation and Domino’s Pizza. In addition to the provided activities, many children gravitated to to large snow pile as well as the playground equipment nearby. Click here for photos of last year's event. For more information about the event, contact Neighborhood Coordinator Perry Long at 508-676-0324.
 

(Top row, left and right) Nine-year-old Alexis Dube of Fall River climbs the snow pile while Breya Thann, 14, and Michael Bellamy, 12, toss snow balls. (Top row, center) Mayor William Flanagan stands by while Community Development Re-creation recreation leader Jason Springer hands a hot dogs to Alexis Ettress, 11. (Middle row, left) City Councilor Pat Casey watches as Casey Lynne Souza, 4, Nick Rebello, 9, and Brennan Defaria, 11, watch a bubble filled with vapor from a dry ice bottle pop as Christi Sbrega (not pictured) directs it on a tray. (Middle row, center) Eden Cuevas, 8, and Justice Cotto, 10, (right) get help from Fall River Children's Museum executive director Ray Gordon. (Middle row, right) Justice receives a crown from Carmen Andino. (Bottom row, left and center) Ten-year-old Peter Laughlin rides next to driver Craig McCoskery of Coachman's Legacy Wagon Rides as Dakota, a Purcheron French draft horse, pulls the wagon around the wading pond. (Bottom row, center) Ten-year-old Sarah Cabral slides down the corkscrew at the Kennedy Park playground.