COVER ART WINNER: This watercolor by Nora Elliott, a rising 8th grader at Timberlane Middle School, will be featured on this year’s Hopewell Harvest Fair Almanac. The fair is on September 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the grounds of Hopewell Elementary School.

The board of trustees of the Hopewell Harvest Fair has announced the winner of the annual Cover Art Contest. Nora Elliott, a rising 8th grader at Timberlane Middle School, submitted her watercolor painting which truly captures the spirit of the fair. Her work will be featured on the Hopewell Harvest Fair Almanac, which will be available locally in late August.

The Harvest Fair returns again to the grounds of Hopewell Elementary School on Saturday, September 23 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. It’s a local tradition, attracting fairgoers from all over the area to enjoy a day of old-fashioned fun, while raising funds for local nonprofits. Lead Sponsors of the 2023 Hopewell Harvest Fair are Morehouse Engineering and Lakeland Bank. Sapphire Amusement sponsors include Capital Health, BeiGene USA, Hopewell Boro Auto Repair, Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart, TechNeed, and Union Line Garage.

The committee is bringing back the Harvest Moon Concert, a free live music event the night before the fair to kick off the celebration. This year’s Friday, September 22 event will be at Hopewell Borough’s Gazebo Park from 6-8 p.m., featuring local band Castle Lane, and there will be food available for sale provided by the Hopewell Fire Department. This event is sponsored by the Morehouse Family honoring the Hopewell Fire Department and EMU.

The fair bolsters community spirit during the event as well as throughout the year, by providing scholarships for local students and grants for nonprofit organizations. The Hopewell Harvest Fair Community Grant Program has dispersed more than $225,000 to local nonprofits including Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, local school PTOs, HomeFront, Womanspace, and many others.

For more information about the fair, visit hopewellharvestfair.org or email info@hopewellharvestfair.org.