Month: August 2016

(Aug. 1, 2016) -- A Jamestown, N.Y., woman was arrested Saturday after state police said she went into a camper in the Town of Ellery and choked one teenager, then struck and scratched another.

(Aug. 1, 2016) -- A camper recently was stolen from the Covered Bridge RV Park, in Fenton, Mo. The theft happened about 9:40 p.m. July 7 and was reported just before 9 a.m. on July 15, after the owners showed up take the camper for vacation and found it missing, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office reports.

(Aug. 1, 2016) -- "A camper overturned in the ditch about seven miles east of New Town, N.D., and a camper with a boat got hung up on the guard rail on Four Bears Bridge because of the wind," said Rick Krolak, meteorologist for the Bismarck Office of the National Weather Service.

When the homes away from home begin rolling onto the grounds of the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, Mass., this week, they’ll bring with them more than just a new group of visitors to western Massachusetts, MassLive.com reported. The first convention the Cincinnati-based international Family Motor Coach Association has hosted in Massachusetts will bring members […]

(Aug. 1, 2016) -- In 1959, a company called Spencer Sports Products began to make metal-sided campers called Trailblazer Travel Trailers.

(Aug. 1, 2016) -- The Sioux Falls, S.D., woman who owns Minglewood Studios has redone a vintage Airstream camper into a space that transitions from a portable store to an overnight retreat. Inside, a Black Hills theme includes Mount Rushmore momentos, old west photos and antique accessories.

“Rollin’ On TV” (ROTV) will not be airing locally in the Elkhart, Ind., area until the beginning of the fall season in September as a result of last week’s acquisition of FOX 28 by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns WSBT 22 and WSBT 2 located in South Bend. According to a press release, WSBT 2, which has […]

Personal branding experts Michael Carr and Tonya Eberhart of BrandFace will be presenting two workshops at the 2016 RV Dealers International Convention/Expo takes place Nov. 7-11 at Bally’s in Las Vegas. According a press release, the speakers – both new to the event – will be discussing the role of personal branding in today’s marketplace and […]

The Escapees Club reported strong attendance for its July 24-28 56th Annual Escapade, as nearly 900 RVs rolled into the Champlain Valley Exposition Center in Essex Junction, Vt. (To view a slideshow scroll to the right side of the RVBUSINESS.com home page.) The national rally, hosted by the Texas-based organization, caters to full-timers and other on-the-road […]

(Aug. 1, 2016) -- Jayco is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Jay Feather, Jay Flight, Jay Flight SLX, Eagle, White Hawk, and Octane travel trailers manufactured Jan. 5, 2016, to July 18, 2016, equipped with a Sway Command anti-sway system.