Greenport, Niverville, and Lake and Millerton won the top trophies in the Columbia County Fair’s 67th annual Firefighters Parade on Saturday, September 2.
Greenport was awarded the Charles “Rip” Vogel Memorial Award for Overall Best Appearing Columbia County Unit With Auxiliary.
Niverville won the Philip D. Mickle Memorial Award for Overall Best Appearing Columbia County Unit Without Auxiliary
Millerton won the W. Gordon Goold Award for Overall Best Appearing Visiting Unit Without Auxiliary.
Trophies for Columbia County best appearing fire units were:
Firefighters Class A
1st Greenport
2nd Ancram
3rd Mellenville
Firefighters Class B
1st Stuyvesant
2nd Copake
3rd East Chatham
Firefighters Class C
1st Ghent
2nd Stottville
3rd Valatie
Firefighters Class D
1st Stockport
2nd Churchtown
3rd AB Shaw (Claverack)
Best Appearing Auxiliary
1st Ghent
2nd Greenport
3rd Hillsdale
Best Appearing Firematic Color Guard
1st Greenport
2nd Ancram
3rd Niverville
Best Appearing Fire Apparatus
1st Hillsdale
2nd Stuyvesant Falls
3rd Mellenville
Best Appearing Non-Firematic Color Guard
1st Ghent VFW
2nd Columbia County Sheriff’s Department
3rd New York State Police
Junior Firefighters
1st Chatham
2nd Copake
Other awards included:
Musical – Band
1st 20th Century Limited
2nd Ghent Band
3rd Professional Band of Ulster County
Musical – Drum Line
1st Stottville
2nd Mellenville
3rd Stuyvesant
Musical – Fife and Drum
1st Connecticut Rebels of ‘76
2nd Village Volunteers
Best Appearing Visiting Firefighters Class A
1st Millerton
2nd Stanford
Best Appearing Visiting Firefighters Class B
1st Milan
2nd Pine Plains
Best Appearing Visiting Color Guard
1st Milan
2nd Millerton
3rd Stanford
Best Appearing Visiting Apparatus
1st Millerton
2nd Stanford
3rd Milan