Fifth-graders design roller coasters

Source: The Newark Advocate

Students in Mrs. Nadolson's fifth-grade science class completed their study of Newton's laws of motion with an assignment to design and build models of roller coasters. Each group started with 15 feet of plastic tubing and a ball bearing ...
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Louisville theme park won't offer roller coasters, may delay reopening to 2014

Source: Louisville Courier-Journal

There will be no major roller coasters running at Bluegrass Boardwalk when the theme park opens at the Kentucky state fairgrounds, according to a preliminary state application that emphasizes restored and expande ...
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Summer gets rolling at area amusement parks

Source: Reading Eagle

Summer is rolling in on steel tracks this Memorial Day Weekend, as the area's amusement parks make plans to unveil 2012's newest attractions - including three new roller coasters. Hersheypark, Dorney Park and Knoebels all will ope ...
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Sound Check

Source: The Stranger

Nick Waterhouse is a fresh-faced throwback to old-time '50s and '60s rock 'n' roll, but his mixture of Motown R ...
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Six Flags begins daily operation today

Source: Asbury Park Press

Six Flags Great Adventure begins daily operation of its 39th summer season today. Decades ago, the first visitors to the Jackson-based theme park likely would not have envisioned Great Adventure in its current manifestation. Since opening in 1974, ...
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Six Flags New England to welcome Adam Lambert, Flo Rida

Source: MassLive.com

Western Massachusetts is blessed with many great concert venues. From the intimate settings of the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton to larger venues like the Mullins Center in Amherst, music fans have a wide array of choices, whet ...
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