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Greens win Best of the Road competition
dbrock@amnews.comIt won’t be announced until this afternoon if Danville has been named America’s most beautiful small town, but the husband and wife team who visited the city a month ago have won Rand McNally/USA Today’s Best of the Road competition...Tags: Travel Channel (tv network), Travel, Trips and Vacations, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Danville loses bid for 'most beautiful small town'
dbrock@amnews.comDanville put its best face forward, but in the end the town’s Old Kentucky neighbor to the west, Bardstown, gets to claim the title of “most beautiful small town in America.” When the results of the month-long Rand McNally/USA Today...Tags: Travel Channel (tv network), Travel, Trips and Vacations
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Danville prepping for Rand McNally visit
dbrock@amnews.comDanville’s looks have garnered some extra attention from the company that now puts towns on more than just its famous maps. Contestants in Rand McNally’s “Best of the Road Rally” competition will be in town next week to help...Tags: Travel Channel (tv network), Tampa, Trips and Vacations, Crime, Law and Justice, Phoenix (music group)
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Track & Field: Gold medalist Dave Wottle looks back in his memorable 800-meter win at 1972 Munich Olympics
larry@amnews.comIt has been almost 40 years since Dave Wottle pulled off a remarkable finish to come from last and win the 800-meter gold medal at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany, that were disrupted by the terrorist attack on Israel’s male athletes. Wottle...Tags: Track and Field, Basketball, Arts and Culture, Awards and Prizes, Football
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EDP asks for community's help
Danville is on the brink of a major tourism-boosting distinction, and the Danville-Boyle County Economic Development Partnership needs the community’s help. Those who know “it's better here” in Danville-Boyle County swarmed the polls on...
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GUESTS OF HONOR: Couple looking for most beautiful small town
dbrock@amnews.comThe game is on, and the team that could help Danville win the title “Most Beautiful Small Town in America” in the Rand McNally-USA Today Best of The Road contest is headed this way. Although an exact arrival time is still subject to some...Tags: Travel Channel (tv network), Travel, USA Today, Trips and Vacations, Judges
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Residents turn out to greet Rand McNally team
dbrock@amnews.comTeam Two for the Road has arrived with a cadre of cameras and a surprising amount of energy after covering hundreds of miles and seemingly as many tourist destinations since pulling out ofWashington, D.C., over the weekend. About 80 guests greeted...Tags: Travel Channel (tv network), Travel, USA Today, Trips and Vacations, CBS Corp.
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Looking Back: New clubhouse opened in 1998
Contributing WriterEditor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series of the history of Danville Country Club. The first part covered the history of the club. The Danville Country Club members have enjoyed a new, modern clubhouse since it opened in 1998. The...Tags: PGA Tour, Golf, Health, Clubs and Associations, Tennis
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Track & Field: Olympian Hartwig shares love for vaulting, reptiles
larry@amnews.comJeff Hartwig is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2008), four-time United States national outdoor champion and two-time national indoor champion in the pole vault who held the American record of 19 feet, 9 1/2 inches at one time. He won the Jim Thorpe Award...Tags: Track and Field, Fashion Shows, Athletes, Career and Workplace, Colleges and Universities
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Escape to Quakertown for patisserie treats at Moussey Moose Chocolates
With the aroma of chocolate bunnies and chocolate-covered coconut cream and pecan eggs filling many homes throughout the Lehigh Valley, what better way to start an Easter Sunday column than to talk about chocolate and tell you about a new place to buy it?...
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Two 1970s classic rockers announced as newest headliners for Musikfest
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGTwo 1970s classic rock bands who together have sold more than 60 million albums have just been announced as the latest headliner for Musikfest's 30th anniversary year. Styx and Foreigner will perform together at 7 p.m. Aug. 7 at Musikfest's...... -
TICKET BOX: Alabama, Billy Idol at Sands; Dave Davies, Keller Williams at Musikfest Cafe and almost 80 more shows
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGWelcome to Lehigh Valley Music's Ticket Box, listing new shows on sale. Alabama, Billy Idol, Los Lobos and Rock of Ages at Sands Bethlehem Event Center, Dave Davies and Keller Williams at Musikfest Café in and Dave Matthews at Susquehanna......
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