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The Big E, New England's multi-state fair, is back

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Eastern States Exposition
Annual attendance at the Big E makes it one of the top five agricultural fairs in the country.

The fair is the largest showcase for agriculture on the east coast

The largest annual agricultural fair on the eastern seaboard is underway in western Massachusetts.

Gates at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield opened this morning for the 17-day run of the Big E.

More than 1.6 million people passed through the gates to attend last year’s fair. That was not a record for total attendance, but six daily attendance records were set last year.

To find out more about this year’s Big E, WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Gene Cassidy, the fair president.

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The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.