Spring Market in Hudson returns this weekend with goods from, Worcester’s Crust Bakeshop, Berlin’s Balance Rock Farms and goat milk soap from Princeton
Updated 11:10 AM;
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The Spring Market returns to Hudson this weekend, featuring goods from Worcester, Berlin and, of course, Hudson.
The Market opens Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Hudson Town Hall on Main Street. Masks are required to attend the event, which has been organized to create a one-way walkthrough.
This year’s event will include Balance Rock Farm, providing meat and dairy products from Berlin, as well as baked goods from Crust Bakeshop in Worcester. Samira’s Lebanese Specialities will also be selling food at the event.
A former Chicago firefighter traveled 1,000 miles in 1999 to honor the Worcester 6, two decades later her connection with the city blossomed into a small ice cream business
Updated Mar 15, 2021;
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Julia Moriconi’s first taste of Worcester came during one of its darkest hours.
As a firefighter in Chicago, Moriconi traveled nearly 1,000 miles east in December of 1999 after six Worcester firefighters lost their lives in the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. blaze.
Photos from the event show Moriconi standing on the stage as part of the honor guard in the ceremony at the then-Worcester Centrum that honored the six fallen heroes. Moriconi, who was 32 years old at the time, stood next to Firefighter Paul Brotherton’s photo as former President Bill Clinton addressed the crowd.
Residence: Worcester
Education: Bachelor’s degree in English from Wellesley College, and a certificate in baking and pastry from New England Culinary Institute in Vermont
When the COVID-19 pandemic began, Alexis Kelleher’s business Crust Bakeshop took the same hits as other small businesses, particularly in the hospitality industry. Yet, motivated by her newborn child – Reed – she and her life and business partner, Nate Rossi, pushed forward to take advantage of a new demand for Crust’s products and expanded to a second location on West Boylston Street in September.
What was 2020 like for you?
At the beginning of the pandemic, I was just finishing my maternity leave with a three-month-old. Immediately thereafter, the entire state ws on lockdown. I was terrified. It was scary and bleak. Even after we were allowed to reopen, I was nervous about letting anyone into the store, because we wanted to minimize contact.