September 13, 2021 Last weekend the Old Bethpage Village Restoration hosted the 179th Long Island Fair. After a two-year hiatus due to COVID, it was wonderful to see the village come back to life for the annual event. The fair is Long Island’s version of a traditional county fair, in which communities gather in the fall to socialize, compete, and celebrate the end of the growing season. The first Long Island Fair was hosted in 1842, and as a scrappy start-up, it bounced from