WARWICK—Rows of vendors lining multiple streets in crisscrossing lines filled downtown Warwick with kettle corn, jerk chicken, pizza, zeppoles, handmade jewelry, homemade crafts, buffalo wing sauce, and more. Amid the vendors, soloists and groups performed music. Greyhound Friends of New Jersey showed off lanky dogs, and boy scouts raised funds by selling bags of popcorn. Festival attendees also walked along train tracks that intersected the main area. According to the Applefest website, 30,000 people attend each year. The festival benefits the Warwick Chamber of Commerce along with about 50 local nonprofit organizations that use the event as their largest annual fundraiser.
The Warwick Applefest in Warwick on Oct. 2, 2016. (Colin Fredericson/Epoch Times)
Acoustic band Triad performing at the Warwick Applefest in Warwick on Oct. 2, 2016. (Colin Fredericson/Epoch Times)
A funnel cake sold by the Raymond Hose Company #2 at the Warwick Applefest in Warwick on Oct. 2, 2016. (Colin Fredericson/Epoch Times)
Artist Jenna Corti next to her artwork at the Warwick Applefest in Warwick on Oct. 2, 2016. (Colin Fredericson/Epoch Times)
Tracy Bellini holding an ostrich egg from her New Jersey farm Roaming Acres at the Warwick Applefest in Warwick on Oct. 2, 2016. (Colin Fredericson/Epoch Times)
Deb Bedrosian selling popcorn at the Warwick Applefest in Warwick on Oct. 2, 2016. (Colin Fredericson/Epoch Times)
Pickles at the Dr. Pickle booth at the Warwick Applefest 2016 in Warwick on Oct. 2, 2016. (Colin Fredericson/Epoch Times)
A sign for Roaming Acres' jerky at the Warwick Applefest in Warwick on Oct. 2, 2016. (Colin Fredericson/Epoch Times)
The Warwick Applefest in Warwick on Oct. 2, 2016. (Colin Fredericson/Epoch Times)
Emily's Hearth food stand selling brick oven pizza at the Warwick Applefest in Warwick on Oct. 2, 2016. (Colin Fredericson/Epoch Times)
Mary McGuiness selling zeppoles at the Warwick Applefest in Warwick on Oct. 2, 2016. (Colin Fredericson/Epoch Times)
Greyhounds Smoke, Wizard, and Wyatt from the Greyhound Friends of New Jersey at the Warwick Applefest in Warwick on Oct. 2, 2016. (Colin Fredericson/Epoch Times)
Colin is a New York-based reporter. He covers Entertainment, U.S., and international news. Besides writing for online news outlets he has worked in online marketing and advertising, done voiceover work, and has a background in sound engineering and filmmaking. His foreign language skills include Spanish and Chinese.
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