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PHOTOS: Giant Cheesecake Unveiled at 20th Annual Cream Cheese Festival in Lowville
Published: September 20, 2025
at 04:00 p.m.
By: Nick Altmire
Lowville, NY- The 20th Annual
Lowville Cream Cheese Festival took over downtown Lowville today, providing
food, entertainment and vendors for the crowd of festival-goers.
The highlight of the event, the unveiling of the giant cheesecake put
together by the local Kraft Heinz plant- the home of Philadelphia Cream
Cheese-, provided free slices to those in attendance.
Below are some
photos from the unveiling:
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Crowd turns out for the 20th Annual Cream Cheese
Festival in downtown Lowville today
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Festival-goers line up for a
slice of the giant cheesecake
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Derrick Langdon, Quality Manager at the Lowville
Kraft Heinz plant wheels out this year’s giant cheesecake for the
ceremonial first slice
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State Senator Mark Walczyk (left) and Lt. Col.
David Aamidor, Battalion Commander of the 10th Mountain Combat Aviation
Brigade at Fort Drum, were on hand to cut the ceremonial first piece of cheese cake
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This year’s cheesecake weighed about 1,400 pounds
(1,300 pounds of Philadelphia cream cheese filling and 100 ponds of
graham crackers), more in line with past years following last year’s
Guiness World Record-setting 15,008 pound cheesecake.
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Cutting the giant cheesecake for distribution to
those in attendance
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