Hickory Apple Festival returns
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Kaliah Beaumont, left, and Jayonna Troy, both of Ambridge, got in line just in time to enjoy candy apples before the sweet treat sold out Sunday afternoon at the Hickory Apple Fest. Beaumont and her mother, Taylor Beaumont, travel south for the festival every year and brough Jayonna and her mom, Jancey Malack, along for the fall fun this year.
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Silas Moore, left, and his brother Rowan loved the petting zoo at the Hickory Apple Festival. The boys, both of Midway, attended the festival Sunday with their grandmother, Kathy Czemeda, of Canonsburg, who attends the fest annually.
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Julia Douglass, 6, befriends a rabbit at the annual Hickory Apple Festival Sunday afternoon. Douglass enjoyed running around the petting zoo, which is the Hickory agriculture’s big annual fundraiser.
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Eva Cumba, 11, gently pets a calf, one of the many friendly animals visitors to the Hickory Apple Festival could befriend over the weekend. This is the first year Cumba and her grandma, Alice Cumba, both of Venetia, attended the festival.
The 37th annual Hickory Apple Festival was held Saturday and Sunday at the Mt. Pleasant Volunteer Fire Company’s parking lot and field behind the fire hall along Route 50. The festival was canceled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. A pancake breakfast was held each day of the festival, which included vendor booths as well. Food was available in the upper lot, and organizers expected to have more than a hundred crafters selling items in the field below. There was also various entertainment on the two stages, including a pie-eating contest and the band Ruff Creek.