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WATERVILLE VALLEY, New Hampshire ??” Waterville Valley's Town Square celebrates summer on Saturday, July 22, with the annual Bluegrass Festival. Festivities begin at noon with music, food, tent sales, games, face paintings, the Traveling Barnyard and ending the night with a spectacular fireworks display over Corcoran's Pond at 9 p.m.

The Parker Hill Road Band kicks off the music in the Town Square Gazebo stage from 12 - 1 p.m. and again ...

NEWRY, Maine ??” The 16th running of the Maine Forest Rally will take place July 21 and 22 in Mexico, Maine and Berlin, N.H. All racing festivities and staging will occur at Sunday River in Newry, Maine. The Maine Forest Rally represents round five of the Rally America National Championship series as well as the last qualifying round for the 2006 X Games.

The Maine Forest Rally is expected to draw close to 100 competitors from all over N...

KILLINGTON, Vermont ??” Killington Resort is proud to host the inaugural 24 Hours of Killington, stop No. 4 on the Granny Gear Productions 24 Hour National Point Series of events July 22-23.

Registration is open at www.grannygear.com featuring 22 pro and amateur categories for all ages and abilities, including solo, duo, four and five person teams. The objective is to complete as many laps as possib...

NORTH CONWAY, New Hampshire ??” This summer the Mount Washington Observatory's Weather Discovery Center, 2779 Main Street in North Conway (across the street from the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse), will introduce Friday's Forecast, a fun, weather workshop for the children ages four to eight. However, kids of all ages are invited!

Each Friday, starting July 7 - July 28 and August 11 - August 18, Outreach Educator, Michelle Cruz, will lead t...

HANCOCK, Massachusetts ??” Construction is complete on Jiminy Peak's newest addition to Mountain Adventure Park. The Mountain Coaster opened to the public earlier this month.

The Mountain Coaster is manufactured by Wiegand, of Germany, and is the first on the East Coast and only the second in the entire nation. The ride carries passengers 1,000 feet up the mountain and into the woods before releasing them onto a 2,600 foot long track twis...

MCHENRY, Maryland ??” By any standards, a 40% expansion in skiable acreage is an aggressive undertaking. Coupled with a 50% increase in snowmaking capacity and plans for extensive automation to integrate ski area operation and control, it presents a monumental challenge to even the most experienced resort managers. At the Wisp Ski Resort in McHenry, MD, the complex task was awarded to SMI of Midland, MI, one of the world's oldest and most experienced ...

MOUNT WASHINGTON, New Hampshire ??” The Mount Washington Observatory at its June Annual Meeting elected Maureen Kelliher of Dover, NH, to its Board of Directors.

Maureen Kelliher is no stranger to the Mount Washington Observatory. She is a five-year member and has participated in numerous events. "We are excited to have Maureen join our Board," said Observatory Executive Director Scot Henley. "She is passionate and dedicated to the work o...

LUDLOW, Vermont ??” Hot summer nights, starlit skies and fireflies dancing in the shadows where fields meet forests ??¦ these are a few of the simple signs of summer that go unnoticed by most people. Most, that is, except couples in love. Okemo Mountain Resort invites couples to indulge in the romance of summer in Vermont with a specially created two-night package for two.

Couples can relax, rekindle and reconnect for two nights with t...

WATERVILLE VALLEY, New Hampshire ??” Waterville Valley Resort gets ready for Independence Day by kicking off the celebration with its free concert series in the Town Square starting Saturday, July 1. The concert series runs every Saturday evening from 6 - 9 p.m. A bonus of three extra concerts will take place over the long weekend.

Guests and locals can enjoy the music of:
Karen and Tim - Saturday, July 1
Jim Hollis - Sunday,...

LUDLOW, Vermont ??” One might say that new residents are "flocking" to make their homes at Jackson Gore prior to the completion of its second phase of construction. This week, construction workers noticed the nesting site of a shore bird in the gravel among the erection of three new buildings at Okemo Mountain Resort: the Adams House (fractional-ownership residences), the Okemo Fitness and Aquatic Center and a multi-function sports arena that will hou...