Rhinebeck ready for Chelsea Clinton wedding

RHINEBECK -- Never mind that details about Chelsea Clinton's wedding are being held as closely as state secrets. The postcard-pretty New York town of Rhinebeck is ready.

Signs congratulating the 30-year-old former first daughter are posted on shop windows in the Hudson Valley town. Residents are talking to TV crews, and officials are bracing for crowds.

Clinton is marrying investment banker Marc Mezvinsky on Saturday. And Rhinebeck, a little town of upscale boutiques and pricey homes 90 miles north of New York City, is expecting an influx of A-List guests, reporters and rubber-neckers.

Clinton and her parents, former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, haven't even confirmed she's getting married in Rhinebeck.

But Town Supervisor Tom Traudt says the town fully expects the wedding to happen there.

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