R.B. residents say ‘Farewell and Goodnight’ to Halloween by smashing some pumpkins
November 13, 2024 at 10:35 p.m.
Rye Brook Department of Public Works (DPW) employee Mark Goldstein releases a jack-o’-lantern from approximately 50 feet in the air. According to DPW Foreman Paul Vinci, the crew drew straws to determine who would smash pumpkins from the bucket of the cherry picker. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Hunter Drive resident Samantha Mutis stands on her tiptoes to get full power behind her effort to destroy her pumpkin at the Village of Rye Brook’s first Pumpkin Smash event on Saturday, Nov. 9. Residents visited Pine Ridge Park to sustainably break down their Halloween gourds and partake in a seed swap. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
John Luigi Castellano, a 7-year-old first-grader at Ridge Street Elementary School, winds up to hurl his small gourd at the target set up for residents to aim at. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Charles Lane resident AJ Scutero, 9, swings his old pumpkin into the wall using a net system created by DPW employees for the event. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Rye Brook resident Amy Rettner watches the drops with her 5-year-old son Benji and 17-month-old daughter Madeline. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Rye Brook Sustainability Committee chair Brigitte Dix shields her eyes from the sun as she hands a bag of seeds to Hunter Drive resident Alicia Castellano. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
The remnants of a group of pumpkins pile up before being collected by DPW employees to be transported to the Village of Rye Brook composting facility on upper Lincoln Avenue. According to Village Administrator Chris Bradbury, residents can visit the site to pick up compost at no cost but must provide their own containers. (Jananne Abel/Westmore News)
Old Orchard Road resident Eric Hammer holds up the 50-pound pumpkin he brought to be destroyed. His four-year-old son Matthew poses in front of him with a much smaller gourd. (Jananne Abel/Westmore News)
