Archive For January, 2012

Quassy to be honored as small business of the year

By | January 10, 2012

Quassy Amusement Park, a family-owned property in Middlebury, Conn., will be honored Thursday, Jan. 26, as the Small Business of the Year during the 2012 Harold Webster Smith Awards at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The Waterbury Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business Council presents the annual awards. The Harold Webster Smith Awards were established by […]

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Free admission for children age five and younger at Florida's SeaWorld and Busch Gardens

By | January 10, 2012

Children ages five and younger can now explore the wonders of Africa and the depths of the ocean for free with the new Busch Gardens & SeaWorld Preschool Pass. Little ones will experience kid-size thrills at Busch Gardens’ Sesame Street Safari of Fun and SeaWorld’s Shamu’s Happy Harbor play areas, get up close to their […]

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Wild Rivers waterpark closes after 26 seasons

By | January 6, 2012

Wild Rivers waterpark in Irvine, Calif. has been operating on the same plot of real estate for 26 years. Unfortunately, the 2011 season was its last at the current location. The property’s owner – Irvine, Co. – has elected to evict the waterpark and construct apartment housing units on the site. “While I am sad […]

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Fun Spot Action Park taps local construction company for expansion

By | January 3, 2012

The 75-year old, Orlando based, H. J. High Construction Company was selected as the design-builder of the new $20 million expansion of Fun Spot Action Park located just off International Drive. Fun Spot Parks are a hometown success story being locally owned and operated. “The deep Orlando roots and culture of H. J. High made […]

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