By Tom Parker.
WASHINGTON – The Easter Bunny has Easter, Santa and his reindeer have Christmas, Butterball has Thanksgiving—meh, scratch that. In Washington County, MarCon Pies owns the Thanksgiving season. Beginning the week before the holiday, orders double and triple the average output. It’s not unusual for the company to crank out more than 1,000 pies per day. Like other retailers, the extended holiday season from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day is the company’s busy season. Employees work long hours, delivery drivers pound the pavement across two states and the aroma of fresh-baked pies wafts over the neighborhood where MarCon Pies is located.