Old Bethpage Village Restoration, NY--- On September 8th, Nassau County Legislators Tom McKevitt and Rose Marie Walker joined with Gary Haglich, director of the Long Island Fair, Darcy Belyea, the Parks Commissioner, and performers from the fair to cut the ribbon to open the fair to patrons.
The Long Island Fair, sponsored by the Agricultural Society of Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties, has been running for 181 years, and was previously held at the fairgrounds in Mineola where the Nassau County Courthouse now sits. It was moved to Old Bethpage Village Restoration in 1970 and has held numerous contests, competitions, activities and events among the historic structures and re-enactors. Old timey baseball games, battlefield re-enactments and folk and craft demonstrations will also be going on during the fair.