Fire Chief Steve Waugh said the decision about whether to hold the annual Fireman’s Carnival is still pending and will be made this week.

He and the town’s emergency response leaders are taking into consideration social distancing regulations in effect to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic as they make the difficult decision.

The carnival is the major fundraiser for the Easton Fire Department and a decades long popular event for people of all ages from Easton and the region.

Waugh said he will let the Easton Courier know as soon as they make the decision. Watch this space for more information.

By Nancy Doniger

Nancy N. Doniger worked as a journalist for three decades and is a founding editor of the nonprofit Easton Courier in partnership with the School of Communications, Media & the Arts at Sacred Heart University. She is a former managing editor at community newspaper groups Hometown Publications and Hersam Acorn Newspapers, and wrote for the Connecticut section of The New York Times as a correspondent. She has taught news editing and professional journalism production at SHU and is a former board member of the New England Newspaper and Press Association (NENPA), past president of the Barnard Club of Connecticut and member of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). She has won numerous awards from SPJ and NENPA.