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Photos: Fun For All At New Suffolk's 9th Annual Chowderfest

The event benefits the New Suffolk Waterfront Fund and included chowder, a BBQ, face painting, music and more.

NEW SUFFOLK, NY — Mother Nature smiled on New Suffolk Saturday, serving up blue skies and cool breezes as a crowd turned out for the New Suffolk Waterfront Fund's 9th Annual Chowderfest.

The well-loved annual event featured locally prepared chowders, a classic BBQ lunch, activities and face painting for the kids, live music, a Chinese auction, and 50 varieties of perennials for sale.

Four types of chowders were available, including New England, Manhattan, corn, and a sustainable fish chowder — and volunteers worked hard at the A Taste of the North Fork kitchen in Cutchogue, to prepare 40 gallons of chowder for the event.

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The Manhattan clam chowders were prepared and donated by Braun Seafood and Case's Place, with the clams donated by Braun Seafood.

Photos, video by Lisa Finn.

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