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The Home News Memorial Day Observances
A Bugle sounds at the annual Memorial Day Service in Northampton to honor and remember those who fought and died for our freedoms. The event included local veterans and active duty military members, local boy scouts and the Northampton Big N Band. -Photo by Alice Wanamaker
Bath Farmers Market Open for seventh summer
By DANIELLE S. TEPPER Special to the Home News
The Bath Farmers Market kicked off its seventh season Friday, May 23 after a late start due to rain the week prior. Perhaps because of the postponement or high spirits for the long weekend ahead,
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the number of local residents who turned up to enjoy the sunshine and fresh goods surprised committee members. “In past years, we’ve never seen this many. Opening weekend has been lukewarm, at best,” said Mary Kositz,
BFM committee member. “I think people are just chomping at the bit. People are finally expecting us and anticipating it.” The market began in 2008 and has run successfully every summer since. From May
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FLAGS AND FLOWERS were placed at Eckley E. Patch Post #470, American Legion in Bath, where a Memorial Day program was held on Sunday afternoon. They are shown next to a World War II tank at the post home on Race Street. Earlier, the Legionnaires visited five cemeteries in Bath and Chapman Quarries, then attended the morning worship service in St. John’s Lutheran Church. – Home News photo through the end of September, market goers can expect Keystone Park to be a place where they can discover local products made by their neighbors every Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. Some vendors, such as Twin Maple Farms and Graver Farmstead, have been around since the market’s inception. Others, such as The Pie Shop and The Popcorn Pit, started a couple years back. Some are brand new this year. Take Sugar So Sweet, for example: “I’ve been doing cup-
cakes for four years total, but I’ve been doing it under my name since August of 2012,” explained Karri Eryn, owner and baker of the cupcake and sweets cart. “I grew up in Northampton and my mother always complains about how she never gets to see me, so I was like, ‘well, maybe I’ll just do this market so at least you get to see me on Fridays,’” she laughed. Eryn offered samples of her fresh baked cupcakes directly Continued on page 7
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