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Pittston Dispatch // Pittston Tomato Festival

August 24

26th Pittston Tomato Festival draws huge crowd opening night

The 26th annual Pittston Tomato Festival got off to a rousing start Thursday evening with what many vendors were unofficially describing as a record-setting crowd. Food vendors were mighty busy throughout the festival grounds sampling everything from pizza to pasta fagioli, from calamari to cannoli, from ravioli to rice pudding, and everything in between.

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Leslie Widdick and her 17-month old son Beau, Pittston Twp., enjoy some pasta at the Pittston Tomato Festival.

Photos by Charlotte Bartizek

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Lori Sobeski , Pittston, and Ann Grace share a lemonade.

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Vendors and festival-goers alike kept an eye on the weather late Thursday afternoon but a brief sprinkle gave way to sunny skies. The festival, which continued through Friday and Saturday, concludes today with activity getting underway at 11 a.m. and continuing through 10 p.m.

More than 50,000 people traditionally attend the four-day festival.

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Paul Ferentino, Pittston, knows how to have fun.

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Matt Tavaglione, Carianna Makowski, Mia Tavaglione, Rene Kopenis, Carissa and Landis Kopenis man the Big Wheel in honor of their grandfather, the late Joe Tavaglione.