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on despite cooler weather
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Sasso said the vendors come from all
across the Hudson Valley, but added, “We
would love all of our town businesses
come up here for a day. It would be great.”
Mary Beth Dias and Corrinne Pahlck,
of Re*Chic Boutique, brought their
upscale and new fashions, accessories
and furniture to the festival. She
said her clothing is not vintage but is
“repurposed,” using older clothing in a
new way.
“We’ve been around two years and
do weekend events,” she said. “We work
full time so this is like extra and fun and
creative- and we’re very crafty.”
Jessica McClung, of Lucky Clover
Creations, had a wide variety of her
cupcakes for sale. She uses organic flour
and sugar “and as many New York State
ingredients as I can.” She also bakes
tortillas, breads and muffins, to name a
few additional items.
McClung travelled 90 minutes to the
festival from Cobleskill in Schoharie
Jim Kent, of Locust Grove Fruit Farm in
Milton, sold a variety of apples along with
his most requested item, his hot mulled
cider.
The Would restaurant was represented by [L-R] Janine Winslow, Sophia Torrisi, Natalie
Pritchard and Claire Winslow.
County, having initially heard about
the festival when she worked nearby in
Hopewell Junction.
“I pay attention to things going on
around here. I heard about it and said I
would give it a shot,” she recalled.
McClung said this was her first time
at Hudson Fest and had been hoping for
larger crowds.
“I think the day is a little cold and
windy and I heard it was a lot more
busy last year,” she said, but promised to
return next year because “I don’t give up
easily.”
Jim Kent, of Locust Grove Fruit Farm,
said the primary reason he came to the
festival was to promote the U-Pick at his
family farm on North Road in Milton and
to make people aware of their new farm
stand that is open from Friday through
Sunday.
“A lot of people are from the area and
Hudson Fest’s two co-chairs, Eric Norberg (L) and Scott Sass, appropriately seated in a pair
of Adirondack chairs, took a moment to relax and take it all in, satisfied that the event was
running smoothly.
Mary Beth Dias, of Re*Chic Boutique, offered
a mix of upscale and new fashions, accessories and furniture.
I figured I’d come here and hand out some
pamphlets,” he said. “The hot cider was a
hit today; thank God for that otherwise I
wouldn’t have made any money today.”
Kent said Locust Grove offers about
80 varieties of apples but when asked
how many bushels of apples per acre
the farm produces, he joked, saying, “If
I ever get that bored I think I’ll take up a
hobby…I never sat down to think about
that; I never got that question [but] a lot
of people ask me how many trees are in
an acre.” He said the number of trees
fluctuates because lately he is planting
smaller trees, “which makes it easier for
people in the u-pick.” He said some of the
smaller trees are fast growing and are
able to produce a substantial number of
apples just a year after they have been
planted.
“The density is crazy, you have a lot of
apples on smaller acreage,” he said.
Claire Winslow, of the Would
Restaurant in Highland, said she has
been a vendor at Hudson Fest “since its
inception” six years ago. I do this for the
town because I feel like this is such a
great event for the rail trail; it’s really is a
great draw for people.”
Winslow provided her classic mac and
cheese dish, pulled pork sandwiches with
chipotle mayonnaise “and the best thing
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