New Ipswich Fire Department firefighter trainee Emily Harding assists Sawyer Cormier, 2, of New Ipswich with operating a fire hose to knock down targets at in the children’s game area of the New Ipswich Children’s Fair on Saturday. 
New Ipswich Fire Department firefighter trainee Emily Harding assists Sawyer Cormier, 2, of New Ipswich with operating a fire hose to knock down targets at in the children’s game area of the New Ipswich Children’s Fair on Saturday.  Credit: Staff photo by Ashley Saari—Monadnock Ledger-Transcript

Despite rain on and off, residents still turned out for the 157th Annual New Ipswich Congregational Church Children’s Fair on Saturday.