CHASSELL – Weather provided a perfect summer day for the Chassell Farmers Market’s first day of the season Wednesday afternoon. The market, located under the pavilion at Centennial Park, will be open from 3-6 p.m. every Wednesday through the end of September.

“We’re booming,” said James Niemela, co-founder of the market. “We’ve had a good first day. We’ve handed out hundreds of free market bags promoting our markets, both the Chassell market and the Hancock Saturday morning Tori, which is under the Keweenaw Marketing Association.”

Niemela said the bright green fabric shopping bags will also be available at the Tori Market, in Hancock, this Saturday. More than 30 vendors regularly rely on the markets for selling everything from soaps, syrups, bakery, jams, jellies, eggs, jewelry, locally

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