Month: July 2013

(July 8, 2013) -- The crash happened when a Wyoming couple driving a pickup stopped to check a camper trailer attachment as they were traveling eastbound on Amity Road in Meridian, KREM-TV reported. 

(July 8, 2013) -- Tyler Van Vactor, 19, was stopped on the highway in his Volkswagen Jetta waiting to turn onto a forest service road. That’s when a 36-foot motorhome came around a curve behind him and crashed into the back of his car, knocking it 150 feet down the highway into some trees, KATU-TV noted.

(July 8, 2013) -- An arsonist struck inside the Covered Wagon Mobile Home and RV Park early Saturday morning, Fox4Now reported. Employees told the TV station a vacant trailer was set ablaze around 3 a.m. Saturday.

(July 8, 2013) -- Clyde Johnson, 47, was president of the Floyd County Bar Association and city attorney for the town of Martin. According to the paper, he had told his secretary he was going on a camping trip with his dog and would return on June 24. He was still missing nearly two weeks after his disappearance.

(July 8, 2013) -- A microburst during a heavy thunderstorm Friday evening toppled 60 to 75 trees and caused significant damage to campers, cars and buildings at Recompence Campground in Freeport, the Bangor Daily News reported.

(July 8, 2013) -- Whakatane Holiday Park on the banks of the Whakatane River is a multi-faceted campground business sitting on 1.9 hectares of land and with an extensive recreational amenities infrastructure - both on site, and immediately adjacent.

(July 8, 2013) -- John DiPietro, with RV insights, discovered a motorhome wound up in a ditch along the Maine Turnpike and filed a brief video report. It appeared the motorhome blew a tire and flipped on its side.

(July 5, 2013) -- Marcus Lemonis, CEO of Camping World and star of the CNBC Prime all new reality series, The Profit, is the only business turnaround expert on television investing millions of his own money to save small businesses, CNBC reported when releasing a new video promoting the show which airs July 30.

(July 5, 2013) -- Claire and Steve Parsons, owners of Peak Leisure Vehicles in Ashbourne, visited a Laika factory in Italy and were so impressed with its latest model, that they brought one back to their showroom, reports the Ashbourne News Telegraph.

(July 5, 2013) -- Courtenay's new chief administrative officer says the city is willing to explore options to help resolve the ongoing controversy over the future of Maple Pool Campground, writes Canada.com.