They’ve missed seeing the animals and the rides and all of that. “I think people want to get out,” Cashman said. He is expecting large crowds if the weather cooperates because county fairs have been attracting a lot of people so far this summer. “They just spray the different spots and things where people sit and ride just to keep the rides clean,” Cashman said. There will be more cleaning crews and the ride company will disinfect the rides. He also said to continue practicing social distancing and washing your hands.Ĭashman, the fair’s general manager, said there will be hand sanitizers available. Branch recommends you wear one, whether indoors or outside. There also is no masking mandate in place. “But I would have on my mask and my gloves and I would work and give people their vaccines.”Īs of now, there are no restrictions on the size of the crowd at the fair. Every day at the fair, the Baltimore County Health Department will be offering the COVID-19 vaccine. But that’s my personal choice.”īranch said an exception to that is if he’s working. I just don’t do those types of things at this particular time. “Because I have a grandchild, who’s a newborn,” Branch said. But he’s skipping it this year, because he does not want to be in a large crowd. Gregory Branch, said for now he is not mandating any restrictions at the fair. The specter of COVID hangs over all this planning and excitementĪs of Thursday, the Maryland State Health Department reports the state’s positivity rate was 4.39%. They’re checking those things that are only used for the fair and haven’t been touched in two years, like the food pavilion and the farm and garden building. ![]() And nobody can find the key,” Cashman said. “We have a door that’s locked that we don’t use except for the fair. Yet, as of now, there are no COVID-19 restrictions in place.Īndrew Cashman, the fair’s general manager, said the year off is causing a few problems as they work to get ready to go in less than two weeks. But as workers make the final preps to open on August 26, the growing delta variant looms large. The fair, which on good years draws a crowd of more than 500,000 over two weeks, was canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ![]() The Maryland State Fair is returning to Timonium this year.
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