Month: January 2012

(Jan. 23, 2012) -- Monroe County Sheriff's Deputies Scott Ward and Spenser Bryan responded to reports that a motorhome was on fire at Seahorse Campground on Big Pine Key just before 10 p.m. After attempting a rescue, they discovered the body of a 65-year-old man inside.

(Jan. 23, 2012) -- Some warn that chain restaurants, weddings, flea markets and corporate events taking over parks could be the future if New Jersey goes forward with plans to privatize parts of its park system, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer.

(Jan. 23, 2012) -- Navistar, which manufactures an exhaust-regulation technology to control admissions, hoped to force the Environmental Protection Agency to recall its competitors' Model Year 2010 heavy-duty diesel engines because they relied on selective catalyst reduction to meet EPA standards, according to Courthouse News. 

(Jan. 23, 2012) -- If the occupancy rate at Beavermead Campground grew to 33 percent, spending in the community would climb to $265,435. It would generate $321,739 at 40 percent and $402,174 at 50 percent occupancy, according to the Peterborough Examiner.

(Jan. 23, 2012) -- An influx of pipeline workers for the oil and gas industry is providing a burst of economic activity in the Marietta area and filling local RV parks, the Marietta Times reported.

(Jan. 23, 2012) -- The RV Care Network today reached a milestone to start the 2012 RV season with a total of 60 RV Care dealer locations across Canada to serve their traveling customers. The group has doubled in size in four years.

(Jan. 23, 2012) -- Jim Hill, Beachcomber Resort's general manager, said the RV park's 500 lots were full this year for the Havasu Island Balloon Festival and Fair in Lake Havasu City, reports Today's News-Herald.

(Jan. 23, 2012) -- An employee of a recreational vehicle dealership was fired and arrested Thursday after his bosses said he stole $12,000 in cash from the business, the Denton Record Chronicle. reported.

(Jan. 23, 2012) -- The Monitor reports Bruce and Linda Stewart contacted Roma Police in Texas after family members reported them missing.

(Jan. 23, 2012) -- According to NEagle, not only did a Pennsylvania judge affirm a decision by saying that a township zoning hearing board is the proper place for a decision on the merits of a lake association's claims, he went on to state that those claims are without merit.