{"id":6459,"date":"2012-08-23T08:08:54","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T12:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=6459"},"modified":"2012-08-23T15:40:55","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T19:40:55","slug":"morning-read-are-county-fairs-still-a-good-investment-for-the-north-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2012\/08\/23\/morning-read-are-county-fairs-still-a-good-investment-for-the-north-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Read:  Are county fairs still a good investment for the North Country?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6460\" style=\"width: 294px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2012\/08\/23\/morning-read-are-county-fairs-still-a-good-investment-for-the-north-country\/essex-county-fairgrounds-susan-waters\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6460\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6460\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6460\" title=\"essex county fairgrounds susan waters\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/files\/2012\/08\/essex-county-fairgrounds-susan-waters-284x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/files\/2012\/08\/essex-county-fairgrounds-susan-waters-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/files\/2012\/08\/essex-county-fairgrounds-susan-waters-142x150.jpg 142w, https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/files\/2012\/08\/essex-county-fairgrounds-susan-waters-427x450.jpg 427w, https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/files\/2012\/08\/essex-county-fairgrounds-susan-waters.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Is the sun setting on the North Country&#8217;s tradition of county fairs? Photo of Essex County&#8217;s fairground in Westport courtesy of Susan Waters.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s a big tradition this time of year:\u00a0 harness racing, cotton candy, smash-up derbies, tractor pulls.\u00a0 But some local government leaders are questioning whether county fairs are still worth the time, money and hassle.<\/p>\n<p>Warren County <a href=\"http:\/\/poststar.com\/news\/local\/warren-county-weighs-deal-to-sell-fairgrounds\/article_3398c864-84e5-11e1-bcfe-0019bb2963f4.html\">has been struggling to sell its old fairground in Warrensburg<\/a>.\u00a0 And after a lackluster event this summer, Essex County offiials are also debating the future of the annual event in Westport.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.denpubs.com\/news\/2012\/aug\/23\/essex-county-fair-numbers-questioned\/\">This from Denton Publications<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI am under the impression that it was not a successful fair,\u201d [North Elba town supervisor Roby] Politi said. \u201cI just wonder whether the county fair is feasible with what is going on financially today.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;ll admit that I have kind of a soft spot for these events.\u00a0 But if counties can&#8217;t afford nursing homes for their seniors, maybe they can&#8217;t afford to maintain big fair grounds and pavilions either?\u00a0 As always, your comments welcome.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h116438-p4\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a big tradition this time of year:\u00a0 harness racing, cotton candy, smash-up derbies, tractor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[10,6280],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6459"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6462,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6459\/revisions\/6462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}