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Fresh start: Farmers Market season along Main Street kicks off

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Sophia Sroka, right, reaches for the perfect late afternoon treat: Frost Fairy frozen ice. Sophia and Kristen Reda, left, both of Washington, enjoy Thursday afternoons at the Main Street Farmers Market.

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Summer Voelker, right, talks all things homegrown dahlias and seedlings with a potential customer while her sister, Allison Kasper, looks on at the Main Street Market Thursday. Kindred Flower Farm, a North Strabane floral business run by Voelker, will be at the market weekly.

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Debra and Bob Panichi, center, discuss their Rustic Rock Maple Farm products last May at the Main Street Market in Washington.

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Arabelle and Addie Dunn, of Washington, and Kaylin Gossner, of Eighty Four, pose for the camera while their parents chat with local vendors and make purchases at the Main Street Market. The two families frequent the market and enjoy the variety it offers.

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Ed and Veverly McVeight, of Chartiers, look forward to Thursday date days at the Main Street Market in Washington. The couple has been married 58 years and together the pair has a lot of fun browsing vendors tables – unless, Ed laughed, it’s raining.

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Folks shop along Washington's Main Street Thursday at the first Main Street Market of the season.

Young and old perused vendor stands, chatted with area business owners and purchased locally sourced honey, syrup and produce Thursday at the first Main Street Market of the season in downtown Washington.

New businesses, like Chimney Cakes and Goldrush Treats, were sprinkled among familiar faces – Simmons Farm, J&D Cellars and Spring House, to name a few.

Summer Voelker’s Kindred Flower Farm brightened the market with seedlings, tubers and fresh floral arrangements, and things were sweet at the Rustic Rock Maple Farm table, where Bob and Debra Panichi offered homemade syrups and sugar substitutes.

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