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Flight 93 Advisory Commission considers needs of its youngest visitors
Daily American Staff WriterThe Flight 93 Advisory Commission on Saturday discussed the needs of the youngest visitors to the Flight 93 National Memorial. Commission member Michael Watson asked how what happened on Flight 93 is explained to elementary school children who weren't...Tags: University of Pittsburgh, National Parks, Awards and Prizes, Sports, Flight (movie)
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READER SUBMITTED: Mandell JCC Prepares To Modernize Jonathan's Dream Community Playground
West HartfordThe Mandell JCC is preparing to modernize Jonathan's Dream Playground, announced David Jacobs, Executive Director of the Mandell JCC. Effective immediately, the playground on the Zachs Campus, 335 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford, will be closed to the...Tags: Religion and Belief, Bloomfield (Hartford, Connecticut), Judaism, West Hartford, Travel
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READER SUBMITTED: History Bites Lecture: America's Love Of The Great Outdoors
BethlehemThe Annual History Bites lecture series, offering glimpses of history and culture from the Greater Litchfield Hills area, continues on Thursday, May 23, at noon with Connecticut Landmarks Education & Historic Sites Operations Manager Cindy Cormier. Her...Tags: Litchfield (Litchfield, Connecticut), Arts and Culture, National Parks, Bethlehem (Litchfield, Connecticut), State Parks
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Colonial fort re-opens for season
MACKINAW CITY — It could be said more than just nature awakens from hibernation in Northern Michigan's springs, including its prime tourism attractions. Colonial Michilimackinac will re-open for the season on Monday, May 6, in Mackinaw City. It...
Tags: Human Interest, Travel, Tourism and Leisure
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Local man continues mission to make affordable storm shelters
adyer@ky3.comStorm Shelters save lives, but many people don’t have them because they are simply too expensive. After witnessing the damage from the Joplin tornado, Russel Gehrke made it his mission to provide storm shelters to Joplin tornado survivors that can't...Tags: FEMA, Building Material, Joplin, Missouri Tornado (2011), Travel, Tornadoes
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National Park Service says marksmen cull 84 deer from Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
PORTER, Ind. (AP) — The National Park Service reports marksmen culled 84 white-tailed deer from the east side of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore during a 10-day program. The Times of Munster reports (http://bit.ly/1162vVj ) that officials said...Tags: National Parks, Travel, Tourism and Leisure
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Winter Park Playhouse wins 2 business awards
The Winter Park Playhouse has received two local awards: The 2012 Community Organization of the Year Award from the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce and the 2013 First Quarter Business Recognition Award from the City of Winter Park. "It is truly an honor...
Tags: Music, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Winter Park, Entertainment, Travel
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Plans moving along for new Custer State Park visitor center
The site isn’t firm yet, but plans to construct a new visitors center in Custer State Park are moving forward. Interviews will be conducted in the coming weeks with officials from the top four of eight engineering firms that formally showed...
Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Science and Technology, State Parks, Travel, Tourism and Leisure
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Disney dreamer turns boyhood passion into lifelong career
As a guy who started his own company before he graduated from high school, Garner Holt is just a big kid who owns a giant toy factory. "I feel like I've never worked a day in my life," said the founder and president of Garner Holt Productions, the...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure Industry, Theme Park Vacations, Inventories, Social Media, Media Industry
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Knott's Berry Farm adding new life to old log ride
After thrilling millions of riders for nearly half a century, a classic Knott's Berry Farm ride is undergoing a major renovation that will see the addition of about 60 animatronic figures. About 50 engineers, mechanics and artisans at Garner Holt...Tags: Google Inc., Theme Park Vacations, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Social Media, Six Flags Inc.
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Viking hordes set to invade Belgium's Plopsaland theme park
This summer, a Belgian theme park will add an $8-million Viking land based on a television cartoon and movie series with two rides and a restaurant set in a lakeside village. The 12-acre Vicky the Viking themed land will be built on the location of a...Tags: Theme Park Vacations, Television, Social Media, Italy, Travel
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Historic Garden Week: Submit beautiful outdoor photos to win state and Williamsburg tour tickets and more
"If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden." (Frances Hodgson Burnett) In honor of the 80th Anniversary of Historic Garden Week in Virginia the City of Williamsburg and the Williamsburg Garden Club invite you to take to...Tags: Human Interest, Colonial Williamsburg, Travel, Tourism and Leisure
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