WALLINGFORD, CT – It’s looks like something from a movie set in the old West, but with a modern twist. It’s a new (albeit used) hearse just acquired by B.C. Bailey Funeral Home and parked at the end of a driveway at its 273 South Elm St. location. “Every …
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Eats: Candlewood Creamery Is A Colorful Destination
NEW FAIRFIELD, CT – Today is not just any day – it’s National Ice Cream Day. So, we’re celebrating with our next installment of the Great Northeast Ice Cream Run with Candlewood Creamery. Just like ice cream, Candlewood Lake is synonymous with summer fun here in Connecticut, which makes …
Read More »TWIR: Rice-O-Rama Latest Motorcycle Show To Cancel
It’s time again for TWIR – The Week in Review … for the week of July 5 through 17. TWIR is a compilation of national and regional news that didn’t receive a full post during the week but warrants sharing. Here goes: Plug Pulled On Rice-O-Rama The word came Friday …
Read More »Vermont Radio Announcer Dies In Motorcycle Crash
GEORGIA, VT – A popular Vermont radio personality has died in a motorcycle crash on Route 7 here. Amy McGovern, who went by the air name “Amy Lynn,” died Wednesday evening when the motorcycle she was riding reportedly went off the road and hit a street sign. Amy McGovern – …
Read More »No Word Yet On IMS Status, While Split’n Lanes Bows Out
NEW YORK – Normally by mid-July the city stops and dates for the Progressive International Motorcycle Shows tour for the upcoming winter have been known for weeks, but this isn’t a normal year. Life has been in upheaval since March when the COVID-19 pandemic began flexing its muscles in the …
Read More »Doug Danger Bio Released, Book Signings Scheduled
STURBRIDGE, MA – He’s had an amazing life. Set jump records as a motorcycle daredevil and survived Stage IV cancer. Now, Doug Danger’s story is being shared in a just-released “as told to” biography titled “Doug Danger – Dare to Dream.” Life-long friend Steve Hall was the man at the …
Read More »Laconia Gets Restricted, Vendors Banned From Event
LACONIA, NH – The biggest motorcycle event in New England has been stripped of a major attraction, but is still going forward despite the COVID-19 pandemic as city leaders here seemingly bow to local pressure to allow it to proceed because of the revenue it generates. City Council last night …
Read More »Readers Say They Practice Skills; New Poll On Mags
The results were impressive and encouraging. Nearly eight out of ten RIDE-CT & RIDE-New England readers voting in this website’s latest poll say they “constantly” work on their skills when out riding. A total of 79 percent voted that they practice “every time I ride,” with an additional 20 percent …
Read More »Toymakers Cafe Readying Cookbook For Motorcyclists
FALLS VILLAGE, CT – It has been several years in the making, but a cookbook devoted to the recipes devised by chef Greg Bidou at Toymakers Cafe here will finally be going to press soon. It should be available for purchase at the cafe within a few weeks. Titled “Recipes …
Read More »TWIR: Hero Passes, Honda Has Collector Model
It’s Sunday and time again for TWIR – The Week in Review for the week of July 5 through July 11. Each week, TWIR presents a collection of national and regional news that didn’t receive a full post during the week but warrants sharing. Here goes: Jack Loughrey Passes Away …
Read More »Eats: Kelly’s Creamery Offers Ice Cream, Imaginative Food
DOVER PLAINS, NY – Gotta love the entrepreneurial spirit of Americans, who, despite the prevailing economic times, stake a claim and make a go of a new business. Kelly and Steven Cervino have done just that with Kelly’s Creamery & Kelly’s Husband’s Truck and have created a smash hit in …
Read More »Harley-Davidson Eliminates Hundreds Of Additional Jobs
MILWAUKEE – After laying off 140 workers at U.S. plants in late June, Harley-Davidson today announced further employee cutbacks that will result in 700 jobs being eliminated by year’s end. ”Significant changes are necessary, and we must move in new directions,” said company chairman, president and CEO Jochen Zeitz in …
Read More »Motorcycle Cannonball Is Pushed To 2021 By COVID-19
Sturgis, SD – COVID-19 has sidelined yet another motorcycle event. The Motorcycle Cannonball, which was set to start in just nine weeks, has now been pushed back until September 2021 by the ongoing pandemic. The biennial run that tests the endurance of extremely old motorcycles and their riders was scheduled …
Read More »“American Iron” Magazine Suspends Publication
STAMFORD, CT – Another motorcycle magazine has come to the end of the road. Connecticut-based “American Iron,” which has been in business since 1989, suspended publication today; a victim of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The world has changed significantly,” said its high-profile publisher and editor-in-chief Buzz Kanter in a midday statement …
Read More »TWIR: Week Marred By Fatality
It’s time again for TWIR – The Week in Review … for the week of June 28 through July 4. TWIR is a compilation of national and regional news that didn’t receive a full post during the week but warrants sharing. Here goes: South Windsor, CT Teacher Dies In Crash …
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