The National Park Service is preparing the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Curecanti National Recreation Area for the upcoming season. This year, visitors should be aware of highway construction between Curecanti and the Black Canyon, as well as the reconstruction of the Elk Creek Visitor Center. Weather […]
Day: April 12, 2021
It’s estimated that the Turf Tank will save the department approximately $5,000 in annual labor and material costs. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The votes are in! The City of Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation Department announced Monday Turfy McTankface won the community vote for the name of the new turf […]
Navigating the world of campsite reservations in California. (Micah Fluellen / Los Angeles Times; Getty Images) Kristen Tate camps a lot. The freelance book editor from San Francisco takes car camping trips for two weeks every summer, during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays and often on weekends. She knows it’s […]
BELMAR, NJ — Preregistration for Belmar’s summer camp — open to first- through sixth-graders from Belmar and Lake Como — will be held on Thursday, April 15 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Taylor Pavilion. The seven-week program — to run Monday through Friday from June 28 to August 13 […]
Yosemite National Park has announced that it will again limit visitors to the popular park in California in spring and summer 2021 due to COVID-19. To do that, online reservations to enter Yosemite will be required for day-use visitors, and a number of park services will be limited or unavailable. […]
Some people are growing tired of paying high rent to travel from their bedroom to their living room by: Stephanie Grindley Posted: Apr 12, 2021 / 11:59 AM EDT / Updated: Apr 12, 2021 / 12:14 PM EDT WHEELING, W.Va. (WTRF) — Calling all remote workers! Do you find yourself paying high […]
A proposed plan to build a hydroelectric plant at the Ashokan Reservoir — a major recreation area in Ulster County and supplier of approximately 40 percent of New York City’s drinking water — is now shifting locations after local residents fought the announced plans by an out-of-state energy company. California-based […]
Nursing home staffers are still falling ill at an alarming rate in New Jersey. There were 4,117 such workers with coronavirus as of Friday, which is actually more than the number of residents currently afflicted in those long-term care facilities. More than 17,500 have recovered, but 143 have died. As […]