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    Amy Dugan of Peterborough with Lucy at the fashion show.
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    Rosie Stahl, 7, of Hancock has her face painted. 
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    The Our Town Trot 5K started across from Adams Playground.
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    Sebastian, a 5-year-old pot belly pig, left, and Kune, a 10-week-old kunekune pig, at Peak into Peterborough.
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    Emma Bell, 6, left, and Skyler Bell, 8, of Peterborough at the wagon rides. 
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    Belgian horses from the Warren Farm in Alstead provide wagon rides. 
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    Helen Fairman of Peterborough with Loki and Ripley at the fashion show.
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    Julian Pelletier, 3, of Peterborough with Sparky.
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    Jack, the only official four-footed entry in the Our Town Trot, courtesy of owner Ciaran Nagle of Peterborough. 
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    Megan Suokko emcees the Fashion Show with People and Their Pets.
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    Ali McGuirk performs at Depot Park. 
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    Caroline Stevens of Rindge with Ziti at the Fashion Show with People and Their Pets.
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    Janine Pumyea of Gardner, Mass., with Emmaline at the fashion show.
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    Chashew, from Dublin. 
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    Sue Yarger of Rindge with Willoughby at the fashion show. 
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     Chashew, from Dublin. 
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    Emmas Carpenter of Dublin with Chashew at the fashion show. 
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    Ciaran Nagle and Jack after finishing the Our Town Trot. 
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    Peterborough Fire Department provided a vehicle-extrication demonstration.

Live music, face painting and a 5K race were among the offerings at Peak into Peterborough on Saturday, Oct. 19.

Wagon rides on Belgian horses, a fashion show that included the models’ dogs, and local vendors under tents at Putnam Park drew families and under a cloudless sky. A “Best Soup in Peterborough” contest at the Unitarian Universalist Church saw Harlow’s emerge with the title. The Peterborough Fire Department demonstrated an extraction procedure using a wrecked automobile and hosted a Touch-A-Truck event. 

Sean Walter was the first finisher in the men’s division of the trot with a time of 18 minutes, 1 second. Lindsey Masterson was the first women’s finisher at 22:23. The Greater Monadnock Collaborative, a regional chamber of commerce with an office at 20 Grove St. in Peterborough, organized the annual event which was presented by presented by LR3 Development, LLC. Individuals central to bringing the day together including Megan Suokko, Dan Petrone, Laura Akerly, Jeremy Blydenburgh-Cote and Mandy Sliver, according to collaborative President and CEO Luca Paris.