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Fiesta Shows’ Gene Dean Going Into NEAAPA Hall of Fame

Friday, January 11, 2019

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Gene Dean, owner of Fiesta Shows/Dean Enterprises, Seabrook, N.H., will be inducted into the New England Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (NEAAPA) Hall of Fame on Tuesday, March 19. The ceremony will take place during NEAAPA’s 106th Anniversary Education Conference & Annual Meeting at the Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place Hotel here. “It’s a nice honor after ...read more

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Greg Chiecko Named OABA President & CEO

Friday, January 04, 2019

Winter Park, Florida – The board of directors of the Outdoor Amusement Business Association (OABA) announces that Greg Chiecko, of Chicopee, MA, has been named President and CEO, effective February 1, 2019. Chiecko is currently Director of Sales at Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, MA, home of The Big E, the nation’s sixth largest fair. This announcement follows a comprehensive ...read more

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History Of New England Association Of Amusement Parks And Attractions

Monday, June 12, 2017

By Ron GustafsonEditor, New England News (Editor’s note: In 2010, Publisher Gary Slate of Amusement Today asked us to prepare an article related to the history of the New England Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (NEAAPA). Late NEAAPA Secretary/Treasurer Alan Ramsay dug through the association’s archives for information to forward to me while I conducted numerous telephone interviews ...read more

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Historic Connecticut Park A Regional - If Not - A National Treasure

Thursday, December 17, 2015

MIDDLEBURY, Conn. – The electrified rail line that once weaved its way through the wooded hills of this quiet borough in northwestern Connecticut has been gone for more than 80 years. Even though 1930 spelled the end of the line for the Connecticut Trolley Company, its most popular summer stop, one that filled the rail cars to capacity, lives on. Quassy Amusement & Waterpark is nothing ...read more

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