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By Dick Healy The leaves are turning brown, orange and red as fall season quickly approaches New England’s mountains which means skiing/snowboarding can’t be far off. Yet well
By Dick Healy The leaves are turning brown, orange and red as fall season quickly approaches New England’s mountains which means skiing/snowboarding can’t be far off. Yet well
By Dicky Healy The Eastern Ski Writers Associations February 6, 7 and 8 meeting and conference, hosted by Mad River Glen, Sugarbush Resort and the Mad River Chamber of Commerce, pr
The long awaited Gore Mountain/Ski Bowl interconnect took place Saturday, Jan 29, when the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) officially celebrated the ribbon cutting op
By Dick Healy The horse-racing world will be focused on the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby from Churchill Downs this Saturday, May 7, however, one grand Derby party will be he
By Dick Healy The historic Race Course on Saratoga’s Union Avenue will host its 31st annual Open House, Sunday, July 17, and I suggest you take the kids to this fun-filled outing
By Dick Healy Leading up to the August 27th 142nd running of the Travers Stakes, Saratoga Race Course is continuing to increase its attendance numbers over the same period in 2010,
By Dick Healy You can always expect to see unique offerings at Saratoga Race Course. If you’re at the track Friday, Aug 26, former world heavyweight boxing champion, Joe Fraz
By Dick Healy The Saratoga racing season is coming to its final weekend, yet for those who plan on spending Labor Day weekend at the historic Race Course, there’s plenty of a
By Dick Healy If you’ve never visited Albany, New York, I suggest you attend the Albany Ski & Snowboard Expo, Friday, Nov 4 through Sunday, November 6, presented by area Snow
By Dick Healy Historic Saratoga, New York, the town most people associate with thoroughbred horse racing, offers many year-round activities and events. With its close proximity to
By Dick Healy Skiers from downstate New York, particularly metropolitan New York City, will be repeating skiing history this winter by riding Amtrak trains to Saratoga Springs, 30
By Dick Healy There is a small placard on the wall of Anna’s Pizzeria in Apex, North Carolina that reads “I wasn’t born in the South, but I got here as fast as I could.” An
By Dick Healy There seems to be growing interest in ski councils, and how much skiers and riders can benefit by belonging to one. My council affiliation goes back over 50 years or,
By Dick Healy Few places in the country can generate as much excitement and press coverage as historic Saratoga Springs, N Y when the oldest track in the nation is running. The 201
It’s a bit early in the spring season to find thoroughbreds racing on Saratoga’s Race Course, yet today’s opening of the Oklahoma Training Track did officially get underway a
By Dick Healy Travers Day in Saratoga, August 29, referred to as “The Mid-Summer Derby, will include some of the finest thoroughbred race horses in the world. According to NY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sunday, August 23, 2015 Contact: John Durso, Jr. jdurso@nyrainc.com Jenny Kellner vkellner@nyrainc.com (718) 659-2244 American Pharoah confirmed to run in the
By Dick Healy It looks like early spring is arriving in Saratoga Springs, New York. Budding trees along Union Avenue where the historic Race Course is located, and no snow on the g
Easter Fair in Znojmo from March 29 – April 4, 2013. Easter Markets and Artisan Traditions April 1 – 5, 2013 in the UNESCO town of Cesky Krumlov www.znojmocity.cz/en
If you’re a lighthouse fanatic Quebec should be on your list of travels. The Quebec Maritime has a neat little brochure-map identifying 43 lighthouses which separates them into
If you’re traveling to Switzerland via Zurich request the continually updated compact Airport Guide, “Flughafen Zurich”…and if you don’t read German don’t b
When tooling around Europe–unless you’re on a bus tour–a rental car is a necessity, which brings me to Alamo Rent A Car. They have a pretty fair track record having b
If your idea of a train ride is to get from one point to the next as quickly as possible take the 186 mph TGV train from Paris. But if you’re a train aficionado, the Glacier Ex
Switzerland has a neat little book titled, “Swiss Golf.” It’s neat because it includes helpful advice on golf, lodging and packages by Swiss region. It’s also neat beca
It seems the latest in travel amenities are being contested by airports. Two of Europe’s finest have updated their facilities and not only want you to fly their country’s carri
Thieves in Europe are apparently eagerly awaiting the daily arrival of tourists. After all, it’s a non-ending cash flow for them. I have a friend who travels constantly and i
You have to see it to believe it. Show girls and show guys, all over the age of 50, with most over the age of sixty. The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies began in 1992 and is still go
A most prestigious award was given at the Swiss Embassy in Washington, DC I was privileged to be present when the Laureate Heroism Award was presented to Capt. Daniel Aufdenblatten
By Craig Altschul Look, whoever said “getting there is half the fun” never flew there. It’s not half the fun. It’s no fun at all Maybe it was fun in the day
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