The Bridgewater Volunteer Fire Department is planning to host the Bridgewater Fair this year, August 19th through 21st. The fair was cancelled two years in a row due to the pandemic.  The fundraiser generates 90-percent of their budget.  The firefighters don't take tax dollars to operate apparatus, pay for training, maintain property and recruit new members.  Bridgewater is the last self-sustaining volunteer fire department in the state.  The volunteers own and maintain all the apparatus, land, and buildings and pay for all the training from donations and the Annual Fair.