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More bluegrass, more bourbon, more events, more sports. Those are among the things the Owensboro-Daviess County Convention & Visitors Bureau is working on for next year. When the Home2 Suites by Hilton opens across Second Street from the Owensboro Convention Center in late spring 2024 with its 121 rooms, there will be 1,499… Source link

BENNINGTON — History in all its shining red and gold glory — in this case a 1924 American LaFrance firetruck — is on display at the Bennington Fire Department on River Street. “This one, it’s kind of special,” said Daniel Strohl, of Hemmings Motor News, which loaned the historic truck to the Fire Department. “It was the first motorized firetruck in… Source link

BENNINGTON — The Better Bennington Corporation’s 7th Thursday Night Live event features Aura Shards on Thursday evening from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Merchants Park’s Thomson Family Stage at 119 North Street. Bring lawn chairs. The rain location is Mission City Church if necessary. This event is free and open to the public. Local vendors set up ahead of the main… Source link

Last month, Owensboro saw two major state conventions with 1,000 or so attendees each. But the Kentucky United Methodist Conference and the Kentucky Bar Association didn’t just decide to bring their conventions to Owensboro. Conventions, trade shows, events, meetings and social gatherings have to be recruited by the staffs of… Source link

* President Biden asked Congress for a three month suspension of the gasoline tax, possibly saving consumers as much as 18.4 cents per gallon. Biden’s team is meeting with CEOs of the major oil companies to discuss rising oil prices. States are being asked to also suspend their gas tax. * Meanwhile–For the first time in nine weeks, the nation’s average gas price has declined, falling 4.2 cents from a week ago to $4.97 per gallon according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 11… Source link

When Mark Calitri, president of the Owensboro-Daviess County Convention & Visitors Bureau, looks ahead to the coming fiscal year, he sees one thing that’s needed — more events. “Owensboro is an events-driven town,” he said. “We have to have more events.” Calitri said, “Our competition keeps heating up. It’s… Source link

CHIPPEWA FALLS — Millions of dollars’ worth of vintage cars are competing in a cross country race called the Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Drivers Club. They arrived in Chippewa Falls for a lunch stop on Friday. The Great Race is a time, speed and endurance rally for 1974 and older collector vehicles. It’s based on the famous 1908 race from Paris to New York and has taken place each summer since 1983. The basic idea of the time/speed/distance rally… Source link

With engines growling and exhaust spewing, Studebakers, Hudsons, Ford Model ‘A’s and more than 160 other vintage cars rolled into the parking lot of Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie Thursday as part of a 2,300-mile cross-country rally race. This year’s Hemmings Motor News Great Race began Saturday in Warwick, Rhode Island, and will finish in Fargo, North Dakota on Sunday. The race reached Sun Prairie on Thursday, with the cars enroute to Wisconsin Dells for the night after… Source link

DULUTH — Bayfront Park is about to be filled with vintage cars as drivers on the 2022 Hemmings Motor News Great Race, presented by Hagerty Drivers Club, will stop overnight Friday, according to a news release from the race organizers. Visitors are welcome to look at the classic cars and visit with the participants driving in this old-car rally race. “We are excited to bring this unique event to Duluth for the first time ever,” race director Jeff Stumb said. “It will also… Source link

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