Fruit pie baking contest at Town Fair

Warwick - Calling all bakers: The Warwick Town Fair will feature a fruit pie baking contest as part of its festivities on Sunday, Sept. 3. There is no entrance application and no qualifications, except that pies must be made from scratch. All entrants need to have their pies in the Warwick Valley Community Center kitchen by 1:30 p.m. Judges will announce the first- and second-place winners from the outdoor stage at 2:30 p.m., immediately following Marty Kupersmith’s performance. (Kupersmith was an original member of Jay and the Americans.) Local celebrity judges are Jody Weatherstone, winner of many first-place pie-baking ribbons; pastry chef Nicole Stein, graduate of Culinary Institute of America and owner of “Cakes by Nicole” in Greenwood Lake; and Town Supervisor Michael Sweeton, who knows a good fruit pie when he tastes one.