Charlise Tissaw, Potsdam, touches a snake with the help of her mother, Morgan Tissaw, and Piper Auger, of Her*petology, during Potsdam Summer Festival Friday. NCNow photo.
Ives Park was filled with vendors selling their goods, including these colorful hats, at the Potsdam Summer Festival Friday. NCNow photo.
The North Country Pickleball Club held a demonstration at the Potsdam Summer Festival Thursday. From left, Jessica Carrista and Melissa Todd play downtown on a court made on Market Street. NCNow photo.
Sue Klein, of Pierrepont, admires the 77 quilts on display at the Trinity Church, during the Potsdam Summer Festival on Friday. The quilt show continues Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. with a $5 admission fee. NCNow photo.
Paul Buell conducts the New Horizon Swing Band of Northern New York at Ives Park Gazebo, Potsdam, Thursday. NCNow photo.
Dan Mullin, of Mullin’s Catering, Gouverneur, flips burgers at the Potsdam Summer Festival Thursday. NCNow photo.
Local musicians Andy Van Duyne and Michael Welch, of Microburst, perform atIves Park Gazebo at the Potsdam Summer Festival Friday. NCNow photo .
Checking out the huge Village of Potsdam loader at the Potsdam Summer Festival are Zach Donato, visiting from Minnesota, at top, and Giovanna Criscitella, of Potsdam, below. NCNow photo.
Hannah Besaw, of Canton, makes freshly squeezed lemonade at the Potsdam Summer Festival Friday. NCNow photo
Archer Green, Massena, gets behind the wheel of the Potsdam Fire Department truck at the Potsdam Summer Festival Friday on Fall Island. NCNow photo..
Birdie Gerrish, Potsdam, gets her face painted by Tammy Dodson, of Flossy’s Fairy Floss, during the Potsdam Summer Festival Friday. NCNow photo.
The Elks Bounce Houses were packed with children with a variety of choices, including water slides, at the Potsdam Summer Festival Friday. NCNow photo.
Adrienne White, a Potsdam Central School librarian, just misses getting dropped in the dunking booth at the Potsdam Summer Festival Friday after a ball almost hits the target. NCNow photo.
Janelle Tyler, a Potsdam Central School physical education teacher, plunges into the dunking booth at the Potsdam Summer Festival Friday after a ball hit the target. NCNow photo.
Market Street in downtown Potsdam held many tents with vendors selling their products at the Potsdam Summer Festival Friday. NCNow photo
Cortney Phippen, and her friend Ally Cibien, in back, make cotton candy for the Elks Lodge at the Potsdam Summer Festival. Even though Cortney now lives out of state, she comes back to work at the Elks Lodge to help her mother, an Elks Lodge member who organizes the food stand. NCNow photo.
Chris Cole, of Massena, entertains on the main stage at the Potsdam Summer Festival Friday with his country western tunes. NCNow photo
NYS Troopers Brandi Ashley and Nathan LaRock show Owen Hastings, Canton, how seat belts help passengers when vehicles suddenly stop. The demonstration was held on Fall Island, Potsdam, during the Potsdam Summer Festival Friday. NCNow photo.
Station 45 performs at the Potsdam Summer Festival Thursday. Over 40 bands and performers are planned to appear in the three day festival that started Thursday. NCNow photo..
Among the more than 40 performers at Potsdam Summer Festival this year was the children’s band Animal Crackers, performing on Fall Island Friday. NCNow
Andrew LaMora performs at the Potsdam Summer Festival Thursday. He is one of over 40 bands and performers slated to appear in the three day festival that started Thursday. NCNow photo