Lilly Dissette, 8, of Newburyport, took first prize in this year’s Gingerbread Contest at Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, N.H.

St. John’s Masonic Lodge in Newburyport is throwing its first Oktoberfest featuring a traditional German dinner and entertainment next Saturday, Oct.

St. John’s Masonic Lodge in Newburyport is throwing its first Oktoberfest featuring a traditional German dinner and entertainment next Saturday, Oct.