Brilliant fall foliage and a crisp sunny day were the setting for South Berwick's second annual Paul Street Block Party Saturday that attracted a steady crowd numbering nearly 700. Background music by Bill Gearin in the morning and the Air Force Weathermen in the afternoon provided a lively backdrop for shoppers and spectators milling around the booths, many with babies in strollers and some with a canine pal in hand. The Oct. 24 block party, intended to bring residents together for a fall celebration of the downtown area, drew twice as many vendors as last year and far more people, said Britney Spencer, administrative assistant for the town’s Planning and Development Department, who organized the event. “It took DeCarlo Brown (former planning development director) and I six months to plan and organize the block party last year,” Spencer said. “It all came together in 10 weeks this year.” Young families were well represented, as children chased bubbles, decorated homemade lanterns, painted pumpkins and played STEM games. Some competed in cornhole, bounced in inflatable houses, or visited a petting zoo hosted by Seacoast Christian School. A South Berwick fire engine attracted an eager line of toddlers to tweens climbing aboard for a turn at the wheel. VFW Post 5744 sold 54 burgers, 36 hotdogs, 18 ham and toasted cheese sandwiches, 45 pounds of french fries supplied by Fogarty's, 24 fried doughs, 16 soft pretzels, and six sausage breakfast bowls made with sausage donated by Breezy Hill Farm. "Sales were great," said …