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‘How could we not be Hungarians?’ — A Conversation with Elizabeth Szabó Vos from Indiana
Hungarian Conservative
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August 16, 2025
Liz is a third-generation Hungarian American raised in Youngstown, Ohio, studying and living in Nebraska, and settled in Evansville, Indiana, in 2006. She understands some Hungarian, but doesn’t speak it fluently; nevertheless, she considers...
Challenges, lessons at the old ballgame(s)
Altoona Mirror - Pennsylvania
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Jim Caltagirone It sounds bad, but the best memories of my recent baseball-centered vacation were created by a dead car battery, upset stomach and labor strike by Fenway Park concession workers. All the good that came from those three unfortunate...
LETTER: Abandoned mines are not tourist sites; stay out!
The Shenandoah Sentinel - Pennsylvania
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August 12, 2025
Dozens of people get injured or die in the U.S. every year because they don’t follow this simple advice: Stay out of abandoned and active mines and surrounding lands. Abandoned mines are not history museums or tourist sites. The properties where...
Deep Creek Lake Lions Club Annual Summer Blind Camping Program
Deep Creek Times - Maryland
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The Deep Creek Lake Lions Club held its annual blind camping program July 21 through July 24, 2025. This year, we had 14 visually impaired campers and 1 hearing-impaired camper, along with 22 family members. The families camped at the McHenry...
‘It’s better than a vacation’
Bellefontaine Examiner - Ohio
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August 12, 2025
For the second time, graduates from Benjamin Logan High School participated in the American Exchange Project (AEP) … and this year they convinced students from Bellefontaine High School to join in this once-in-a-lifetime experience. AEP sends high...
Most Affordable Places for Adult Travel During the Summer Months
Travelbinger
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August 11, 2025
The summer travel season has started, and you’re ready to use some of those hard-earned vacation days to travel solo, as a couple, or with a group of friends. There are a lot of places you can vacation at, but they’re not necessarily the most...
Hilliker Shoots 74 On Travel League At Riverside GC
The Post-Journal - New York
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CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS, Pa. — The Wednesday Travel League played Riverside Golf Course for the first time since 2016. Josh Hilliker shot 37-37 for the low round of 74 to capture his league-high seventh tour win of the season. Robert Calph finished...
A few familiar faces: Grassi, Klezek in charge of PC, CC football programs this fall
Altoona Mirror - Pennsylvania
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Penn Cambria head coach football Jason Grassi runs players in the "Rage in the Cage" drill. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski When Penn Cambria travels to Central Cambria for the annual Goalpost Trophy Game on Sept. 19 the fifth week of the high...
Hilliker’s 74 leads Travel League at Riverside
Observer Today
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CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS, Pa. — The Wednesday Travel League played Riverside Golf Course for the first time since 2016. Josh Hilliker shot 37-37 for the low round of 74 to capture his league-high seventh tour win of the season. Robert Calph finished...
People traveling to Williamsport for Little League World Series can use special traffic tracker
WNEP - Pennsylvania
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Visitors to the website, hosted by 511PA, can access enhanced real-time travel and alternate-route information, PennDOT said. WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Baseball fans headed to Williamsport for the 2025 Little League World Series will get some help with...
Traveling fossils - Cookies, dinosaurs combine for family-friendly experience
Altoona Mirror - Pennsylvania
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Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski / Shawn Benner II watches his children, Sylvi Benner, 5, and Tristan Benner, 7, all of Patton, take in an animatronic triceratops dinosaur at the I Heart Cookies dinosaur exhibit promotion in the Lowe's Home...
Little League World Series posts strong statement over betting scandal
Irish Star
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August 15, 2025
11:35 ET, 15 Aug 2025Updated 11:36 ET, 15 Aug 2025 Little League has released a statement condemning any forms of betting on games at its 2025 World Series tournament. The annual youth baseball competition got underway at Little League HQ in South...
Gorinto’s ‘Life-Affirming’ Cultural Exchange
State College - Pennsylvania
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August 16, 2025
This story originally appeared in the August 2025 issue of Town&Gown magazine. A gorinto is a Japanese pagoda, typically a stone tower made of the five shapes representing the Buddhist concept of the five elements — earth, water, fire, wind and...
Salvadoran fugitive sentenced in woman’s killing on MD hiking trail
The Daily Record - Maryland
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August 11, 2025
BEL AIR — A fugitive from El Salvador has been sentenced to life without parole in the 2023 killing of a Maryland woman who was attacked while exercising on a popular hiking trail northeast of Baltimore. Victor Martinez-Hernandez, 24, was found...
Local leaders discuss drawing in more airlines, travelers amid lower traffic at TLH
WCTV - Florida
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August 11, 2025
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Airport statistics show traffic is down at Tallahassee International Airport by 8.5% year over year. This time last year, the flight boards would have had two extra airlines — JetBlue and Silver Airways. However, both of...
New details in death of 3-year-old Pennsylvania girl in Milford, Maine
WMTW 8 - Maine
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August 11, 2025
Court documents show that a child and a dog were both found dead on the floor of a locked car outside a Freshie's in Milford. The affidavit said the high temperature that day was 82 degrees.According to surveillance video, Kelly Brown left her car...
Salvadoran fugitive sentenced to life in woman’s killing on a Maryland hiking trail
Associated Press
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August 11, 2025
BEL AIR, Md. (AP) — A fugitive from El Salvador has been sentenced to life without parole in the 2023 killing of a Maryland woman who was attacked while exercising on a popular hiking trail northeast of Baltimore. Victor Martinez-Hernandez, 24,...
Historian uncovers second mass grave of Irish immigrant railroaders in Pennsylvania
Irish Star
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August 11, 2025
A team of historians discovered a second mass grave that is believed to contain the remains of Irish immigrants. William E. Watson, a Professor of History at Immaculata University, described the discovery in an article for SF Gate. The new...
Heritage Travel: Walking in the Footsteps of Your Ancestors
Travel Market Report - New York
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In an era where travelers crave deeper connections and more meaningful experiences, heritage travel has emerged as one of the fastest-growing niches in the travel industry. According to research from GlobalData, heritage tourism is expected to...
Community Foundation receives contributions
Times Observer - Pennsylvania
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The Community Foundation of Warren County received $16,689 in contributions from donors in July to the following funds held by the Community Foundation: – Be The Light Scholarship Fund – Warren Area High School Activity Fund. – Daniel and Penny...