ERIN, N.Y. (WETM) — Park Station is almost ready to open for the 2024 season. The Chemung County Buildings and Grounds Department announced Park Station’s hours and prices for this summer. Little has changed from the 2023 season. The park’s control booth will be open on weekends and Memorial Day from 10 a.m. to 5 […]
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Memorial Park Cemetery clean up on Saturday has been a long time coming for the Belmont Heights Neighborhood and advocates of the cemetery. “We’re happy to be here,” Norene Copeland Miller said. “We’re excited to be here, we have more people coming up. We’re going to keep this cemetery, keep it […]
Over the last two years, I have written about the need and the desire to make Fair Park into a medical feeder school. The truth is that the school should never have been changed from a high school to a middle school. That was one of the mistakes among many that the Caddo Parish School […]
A man was arrested and charged with first-degree murder Friday in the fatal shooting of another man who was walking to his car in Bridgeview Wednesday, police said. Anthony Calderon, 20, of Bedford Park, was apprehended and charged in the killing. Police said Arturo Cantu, 39, was shot twice as he left his apartment in […]
Augustana College students will present the Longview Park master plan to the City of Rock Island Parks and Recreation Board on Tuesday, May 21, according to a news release. Longview Park, Rock Island. The plan will help guide leaders in making decisions for future upgrades and projects for the more than a century-old park, located at 18th […]
An 18-year-old is dead following a shooting in Hyde Park early Saturday morning, according to Cincinnati police. Officers reported that they were in the area of the 2200 block of Dana Avenue near Withrow High School around 3:30 a.m. when they heard gunshots. Before the shooting, police said that there was a gathering of around […]
Many people are surprised by Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. “First of all, they’re surprised there’s a national park,” said the park’s Deputy Superintendent Maureen McGee-Ballinger. “They’ll be on their way to Glacier National Park or Yellowstone, and they’re driving down the highway and they see the Park Service arrowhead. ‘There’s a national […]
PLAIN TWP. − The township is seeking $125,000 in state money to pay for new playground equipment that’s suitable for all children, including those with disabilities, at Diamond Community Park. The playground equipment there is now about 25 years old and it’s due to be replaced. It’s not accessible to children with physical or cognitive […]
A historic wooden tower was inadvertently felled by a traveler who used it to winch a vehicle stuck in mud in California’s Death Valley National Park, federal officials said. The traveler recently came forward but will not be identified, the National Park Service said in a statement Thursday. It isn’t clear if any action against […]
As the summer heat creeps into California, the much-awaited opening of the water park at Cal Expo is still nowhere in sight. Steven Dooner, CEO of Silverwood Entertainment Holdings, LLC, and California Dreamin’, signed a long-term lease in August to take over the water park at Cal Expo at 1600 Exposition Blvd., formerly known as […]
Officials with the Rocky Mountain National Park say searchers found the body of a man from Colorado Springs who was reported missing last weekend. Lucas Macaj, 23, was found in the Longs Peak area on Mills Glacier, near the base of Lamb’s Slide, according to authorities. His body was recovered on Thursday. Officials believe Macaj […]
May 17—Superior: Presbyterian women are holding a rummage sale from 3-6 p.m. at United Presbyterian Church, 229 N. 28th St. E. Superior: Presbyterian women are holding a rummage sale from 8 a.m. to noon at United Presbyterian Church, 229 N. 28th St. E. Superior: The Barker’s Island Farmers’ Market runs from 8:45 a.m. to noon […]