EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. — Students at Bell Top Elementary School got a unique hands-on learning experience this week as they made fresh apple cider using the cider press in the school’s Learning Barn.

Fifty years ago this year Jerry Suter refused to take “no” for an answer and purchased the former Morning Press cider mill from a neighbor. The rest, as they say, is history. PANDORA — This year marks ...