WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - Vendors are arriving and the final preparations are taking place as Friday officially marked one week until the start of New England’s biggest fair: The Big E.

2025 is the 110th year of the massive production and, year after year, both new and returning food and retail vendors take the days preceding the start of the fair week to set their booths up before the tens of thousands of people make their way to West Springfield.

One of those vendors is Ryan Collmer, owner of The Meatball Factory, which has three different locations at The Big E. You may recognize them as they’ve been selling at the fair for over 50 years and those booths include the Fry Factory, the Giant Corndog Factory, and arguably the most famous, the Turkey Leg Stand. He told Western Mas

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