A Slice of Summer Returns, Along With the Crowds (Times Union)
This story by Erika Groff was published in the Times Union on May 4, 2003 (page D1).
Above: Times Union, Sunday, May 4, 2003, page D1. Click to enlarge.
The Times Union covered opening day of the market’s fourth season, on Saturday, May 3, 2003. Because the Troy Marina was being paved, the market opened in a different location, with plans to return to the marina the next weekend and run Saturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through October. Shoppers found worm compost, mango salsa, a strolling guitarist, cider, herbs, cookies, jewelry and focaccia, and a trolley shuttled visitors to the River Street antiques district. Manager Amy Halloran said people increasingly want a relationship with local farmers rather than a “big and impersonal” supermarket. New vendors included Solomon’s Rose of Newburgh, selling preserves. The story also covered the Saratoga Farmers’ Market’s opening day the same morning, with a ribbon-cutting by Mayor Kenneth Klotz at High Rock Park and new vendors and a vendor cookbook.
“It’s a nice way to spend a couple of hours.”
— Chris Brownell, a Clifton Park shopper, in the Times Union
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