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Today's News From the Cars.com Family
KickingTiresToday, our friends at PickupTrucks.com put the 4X4 Toyota Tacoma T|X Pro through its paces in Southern California???s Red Rock Canyon State Park, surrounded by beautifully colored red rock cliffs. Mike found the truck to have excellent bottom-end and...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Gardens and Parks, Travel, Luxury Vehicles
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Fish for Free on Memorial Day, but be safe on the water
With the Memorial Day weekend upon us, many families annually head to state parks to get their picnic and swim on. Beltzville State Park issued a press release earlier this week regarding visitor safety and parking. Parking is not permitted on Pohopoco...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Holidays, Memorial Day, Canoeing and Kayaking, Lakes and Ponds
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Don't bother young wildlife alone in the wild
With Memorial Day weekend upon us, more and more people will be heading into the great outdoors to enjoy warmer weather and sunshine, and to get away from it all. Please remember to leave wildlife alone. On Monday, the Pennsylvania Game Commission...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Holidays, Milford (Easton, Pennsylvania), Memorial Day, Weather
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Bluff Point Offers A Bit Of Cape Cod In Connecticut
I once believed that the best view of Connecticut's beaches was from the rearview mirror on the way to Cape Cod. That's not meant to be an insult (my wife calls me a Cape Cod snob), I just enjoy pristine ocean beaches with only sand dunes in the...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, New London (New London, Connecticut), Executive Branch, Manchester, Atlantic Ocean
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Seeing Long Island Sound Without Getting Your Feet Wet
The Hartford CourantBy PETER MARTEKA,pmarteka@courant.com With Memorial Day – the unofficial start of summer - finally upon us after an Ice Age-like winter and a soggy, cloudy spring, Long Island Sound may be the hot destination this weekend. But with water...Tags: East Lyme, Memorial Day, Quinnipiac River, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Middletown
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History Of Haley Farm State Park In Groton Stretches Back to 1648
Back in 1961, a developer wanted to turn an ancient shoreline farm into a housing development with 425 duplex units for the Coast Guard, which was stationed at Avery Point in Groton. Residents banded together, fought the proposal and raised money to...
Tags: Amtrak, Tourism and Leisure, Groton, Gardens and Parks, Travel
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The Stone Arch Bridges Of Wadsworth Falls State Park
The Hartford CourantIn Connecticut, the robin is the state bird, "Yankee Doodle" is the state song, the mountain laurel is the state flower and, of course, the sperm whale is the state mammal. And if there was ever a state bridge, I would go with the stone arch. Dating...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Travel, Gardens and Parks, Manchester, Middlefield
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Changes coming to Silver Springs
I'm pretty sure I just made my first trip to Silver Springs, the iconic old-school tourist attraction in Ocala. I know that my parents used to take me along to family vacations to Ocala when I was a youngster. I have old snapshots of pretend gunfights...
Tags: Ocala, Tour Operations Industry, Amusement and Theme Parks
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Rediscovering The Connecticut River In Windsor
The Hartford CourantMany towns and cities have turned their backs on the Connecticut River since early in the 20th century, so New England's longest waterway often flows unnoticed through our state. But if you search it out, you'll find places like the Windsor Locks...Tags: Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Haddam, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Tourism and Leisure, Travel
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Visiting Bartlett's Tower In Bloomfield
The Hartford CourantAn old, broken iron gate leans against a stone pillar and a barely discernable carriage road snakes up through the woods along the spine of a traprock ridge. Near the top of the ridge, a fieldstone and brick chimney rises into the deep blue winter sky,...Tags: Talcott Mountain State Park, Tourism and Leisure, Gardens and Parks, Travel, Long Island Sound
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Great Discoveries For Hikers At George Dudley Seymour State Park
The Hartford CourantI spent much of my youth exploring the wilds of East Hampton's Hurd State Park. I tossed stones down the seemingly bottomless chasm of Split Rock, listening for their landings. We picnicked in a glade above Carlson Pond, scaled White Mountain and walked...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Connecticut Valley Railroad, Travel, Gardens and Parks, Manchester
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Boating safety critical heading into summer season
National Fishing and Safe Boating Week is June 1-9, just a week after the Memorial Day Weekend signals the unofficial start to boating season. The Boat Ed organization is urging people to make sure to take a safe boating course before heading out on...Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, Lifestyle and Leisure, Memorial Day, Canoeing and Kayaking, Hunting
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Nov 15, 2012
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Mar 29, 2012
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|Column| Allentown Morning Call
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