BY HANNA SNYDER GAMBINI REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN April 14, 2021 60 The Ferris wheel sits idle waiting for the start of the Bethlehem Fair in this photo from 2018. Fair organizers are planning for an event this summer after last year s fair was canceled.Republican-American archives BETHLEHEM – Organizers are moving forward with plans to hold the 96th annual Bethlehem Fair this summer after last year’s agricultural event was canceled for only the second time in history due to the coronavirus pandemic. Bethlehem Fair Society President Mike O’Neill said his group decided this week to start planning for a fair, which is held at the fairgrounds on Route 61 the weekend after Labor Day.