Month: September 2012

(Sept. 20, 2012) -- On Monday, the Baldwin City Council approved a conditional use permit for The Lodge to add a 10-pad recreational vehicle park to the motel, reports the Baldwin City Signal.

(Sept. 20, 2012) -- The Press Enterprise reports the city council in Menifee, Calif. voted unanimously on Tuesday not to pursue building a park for dogs and horses, but instead look into building parks for just horses and just dogs.

(Sept. 20, 2012) -- SPEED reporter Bob Dillner took the inclusion of family in his weekly NASCAR on SPEED duties a step further this year when he, his wife, Angie, and their two-year-old son, Lucas, began traveling the NASCAR circuit in a motorhome, writes SPEEDtv.com.

(Sept. 20, 2012) -- The annual Northwood University International Auto Show (NUIAS), being held Oct. 5-7 at Northwood University in Midland, will feature more than 500 new domestic and imported cars, trucks, recreational vehicles, experimental and specialty vehicles, and more, reports AftermarketNews.com.

(Sept. 20, 2012) -- The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that this year, Minnesota's tourism industry celebrated its best summer since the recession started, and RV dealers also enjoyed a spike in business.

(Sept. 20, 2012) -- The Texarkana Gazette reports that a Louisiana judge recommends two lawsuits stemming from the 2010 flood at Albert Pike campgrounds that claimed 20 lives be handled in a federal court in Texarkana, Ark.

(Sept. 20, 2012) -- Tall Timbers campground in Port Clinton, Ohio raised more than $1,500 during its Camp for the Cure Weekend activities, and is challenging other area campgrounds to join them by creating their own Camp for the Cure weekends next year.

(Sept. 20, 2012) -- Each summer, Belmont County sees a large influx of campers, filled with thousands of fans flocking to Jamboree In The Hills. But new, more permanent campsites are springing up throughout the county to house hundreds of natural gas pipeline workers and their RVs, writes the Wheeling Intelligencer.

(Sept. 20, 2012) -- ReporterHerald.com writes that Sevren and Kayleigh Brewer, of Loveland, weighed the pros and cons of continuing to rent their two-bedroom duplex, but realized they'd save money by getting a small loan to buy an RV. So they had a huge garage sale in June, gave away other items, and purchased an RV.

(Sept. 20, 2012) -- A rash of RV battery thefts over the past two weeks have law enforcement officers in West Point stumped, reports StandardNet.