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Food vendors including What the Truck, Holy Guacamole, Paradise Island Deli, Taco Flores, Chompers and Taco Central will be at the Taco Fest.

Jillian Perez has never accepted free food before, but on Thursday morning, after making a school drop, the mother of four and wife of a Fort Carson contractor found herself

Many were excited the trucks were back after being canceled last year because of the pandemic. “There is a huge financial impact to all of the trucks. You know, most of the trucks here are small businesses so they rely on every event. And this is the busiest event of the year for most of them. So losing this last year was huge,” said Jillian Perez of Connecticut Specialty Events. This year, the trucks were spaced out more to allow for social distancing. Some festival-goers traveled from neighboring states just to take part. “Just something to do. It’s kind of limited the stuff to do. ...

In the Brass City, their July fourth event went off without a hitch. Brass Mill Center's parking lot turned into food truck heaven. For many, the food truck and fireworks extravaganza was the only Independence Day event they went to all weekend. No matter how good the food was, everyone couldn't wait for the fireworks. “We’re going to see the fireworks with our eyes," Athena Deleppo of Litchfield said. For nearly half an hour, fireworks were launched from the Holy Land, one of the few shows that didn't get cancelled this weekend. “It was too sad. [The weather was sad, wasnâ€�...