The return of the Northport Winter Carnival on Saturday brought hundreds of community members together to enjoy winter festivities at Braman Hill. People had the chance to participate in numerous activities including everything from a broomball tournament and cardboard sled contest, to a chili cook-off and the Braman Blizzard Bolt. Live music was performed by Will Kayuk and the band Local Riff Raff.
About 50 volunteers helped to put on the family-friendly event, with over a dozen sponsors and community supporters all coming together to make the carnival happen. Josh Rutila, one of the carnival organizers, said considering this was their first time back since 2018, everyone involved was very satisfied with the great turnout and weather.
“We’re pretty pleased with the turnout, we have a full parking lot and all of the events had full registrants and it’s only going to grow from here,” Rutila said. “We want it to expand how many vendors we have, how many sponsorships we have... We really want as much of it to be as family oriented as possible.”
