Planning continued for the 66th annual Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival by committee members Thursday. Attending the meeting at the District Courtroom were Chairwoman Brooke Hatch, 1st Vice Chairwoman Kenna Sparks, 2nd Vice Chairman Keeton Hudson, Past President James Wells and committee members Steve Mahanes, Denisa Pennington, Jimmy Sledge, Vicky Tapia and JeNelle Lipton. The…
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Boots Bailey & the Boys to perform Friday, June 10 at the Tomato Festival
WARREN, Ark. – Boots Bailey & the Boys will headline the Friday night, June 10, 2022 Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival entertainment according to an announcement by the Festival’s Executive Committee. Boots Bailey & the Boys is a country/classic rock group made up of Suzanne “Boots” Bailey, Don Pennington, Robert Dyer, Justin Payne, and Jess…
Pastime: Those old fashioned “cold frames” for tomatoes
Now it’s been more than 50 years since I was tasked into working in the tomatoes – or ‘maters as my childhood friends will say back in Bradley County. But each of us, whether there now or a thousand miles away at other work – can and will attest that the work in the tomato…
January 28 deadline for submitting Pink Tomato Festival T-Shirt Contest artwork
Time is running out! The Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival Committee is accepting submissions for the 2022 Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival T-shirt design contest. The winning entry will be used as the official design to be printed on the 2022 T-shirt, and/or on souvenirs, posters, brochures, and other media used to publicize the 2022…
Tomato Festival now taking 2022 t-shirt design contest submissions
The Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival Committee is accepting submissions for the 2022 Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival T-shirt design contest. The winning entry will be used as the official design to be printed on the 2022 t-shirt, and/or on souvenirs, posters, brochures, and other media used to publicize the 2022 festival. All sales will…
Where did the tomato originate?
NPR’s Venessa Romo recently published an article that Saline River Chronicle thought our readers might find interesting, especially given Bradley County’s connection with the tomato. Each June we celebrate the Bradley County Pink Tomato, our beloved delicious fruit, which comes off the vine year after year to the enjoyment of us all. But do you…