Farmington Harvest Festival nets $8,500

The final numbers are in for the first Farmington Harvest Festival which took place last Sept. 22.

Committee Chairman Frank Triplett reported that the event grossed $17,000. After outstanding bills were paid, it left $8,500 in profit.

This amount was divided between a donation to the town of $5,481.39 and $3,000 left in seed money for the second annual event this September.

At the Dec. 27 Farmington City Council meeting, the council approved the expenditure of the money for replacement of the roofs on both the gazebo and bell tower.

Thick moss on top of the roofs has caused the cedar shakes un...