The line stretched past three storefronts Thursday morning.
“We’ve been getting calls all morning,” said Pauline Gousie, assistant director of the Council on Aging. “People want to know what’s going on.”
What was going on at the senior center, 114 S. Main St., was a distribution of farmers market coupons, a distribution held only once a year. The coupons allow seniors to buy $30 worth of fresh fruits and vegetables at any local farmers market.
The program is limited to those age 60 or older and the income threshold for a senior living alone is $1,670 a month. Seniors must be eligible for Section 8 or food stamps or other low-income program to receive the coupons.
“This is a very large crowd," Gousie said Thursday morning as she sat behind a table, facing a long line of applicants. “It’s the biggest I’ve ever seen.”
Gousie worked with a small glass jar of candy on her [...]

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