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Country Drive-In to mark 50th anniversary with half-price deal all day on Sunday

The Country Drive-In, a Clifton Park fixture since 1969, will celebrate its 50th anniversary on Sunday with a 50 percent discount on all orders all day.

Hours for the seasonal eatery are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Call 518-371-3455. (Phone orders will not be accepted on Sunday.) The address is 1455 Crescent Vischer Ferry Road.

New Washington Park Farmers Market launching this weekend for two months

A new farmers market opens this weekend in Albany's Washington Park, run by the organizer behind the new-last-year Guilderland Farmers Market.

The Washington Park Farmers Market will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays through Sept. 28. Booths will be set up along the Knox Street Mall, the name of the wide path that runs north-south through the park parallel to Washington Park Road and Willett Street. Market founder Scott Abraham said he will have about 30 vendors for the opening week, with a yoga class running from 9 to 10 a.m. before the market opens. There will also be at least two hot-food vendors each week, rotating on a biweekly basis; the first two, Abraham said, will be Caffe Italia and Syrian Delights, a catering company staffed by local residents who are refugees from Syria.

The Guilderland Farmers Market is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday through mid-October in the shopping-plaza parking lot at the intersection of Western Avenue and Route 155.

Asian night market returns this week

Ferry Street Night Market, a weekly street fair that features international food, drink, music and games, will be held from 7 p.m. until late on Thursdays from this week until late fall in the parking lot at Fourth and Ferry streets in Troy. It is organized by Jinah Kim, owner of Sunhee's Farm + Kitchen and Kim's...