Goshen First Selectman Robert P. Valentine. RA archives
GOSHEN – The Goshen Stampede is scheduled to be the first large-scale event at the Goshen Fairgrounds during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stampede organizer Sean O’Neill of Goshen received a permit from the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday that will allow him to execute a modified version of the rodeo event under the guidelines of the executive orders Gov. Ned Lamont has issued in response to the pandemic.
The permit allows O’Neill to hold activities at the fairgrounds June 4-6 and 11-13, and limits daily attendance to 1,913 patrons, or half of the average daily attendance from the last Stampede in 2019. Previous Stampedes have been three-day affairs on Father’s Day weekend in June.
The New Goshen Pizza Opens In Time For National Pizza Day
Goshen, Connecticut is home to almost 3,000 people according to Wikipedia. It s been around since 1739, and it was named after the Land of Goshen in Egypt. I primarily have traveled there to go to one of the best country fairs in all of Connecticut, the annual Goshen Stampede, which, obviously, hasn t happened in a while, and I also go up to Goshen to hit Nodine s Smokehouse, on North St. (Rt. 63), because I love Nodine s bacon, and their ham, oh man, their smoked hams are incredible. If you d like to try some of Nodine s products, and you can t get up to Goshen, try a local LaBonne s Markets, they carry a few Nodine s meats and products in their stores. Anyway, as I was saying, Goshen is a pretty small town, so when a new business opens up in town, it s big news, especially if the new business is a pizza joint.