summer

Summer is hot up on the Northshore, and it is also hot, hot, hot with fun. Here are just a few fun-filled things to do over the next few months. Put on Your Red, White and Blue It's summer, and that means pie-eating contests at July Fourth celebrations. The Northshore has many celebrations of America’s independence on Thursday, July 4. Madisonville presents an "Old-Fashioned 4th of July" on the banks of the Tchefuncte River. The fun begins at 10 a.m. with cornhole and horseshoe tournaments, watermelon eating contest, pie bake-off, kids’ games, food, music, and of course, fireworks.