Classic Car Insurance News
- Business Beat: Speed Networking & Cruizin’ for a Cure Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:47PM• The North Fork Chamber of Commerce will hold a special summer networking social, Speed Networking, at Vine wine and Café on the northwest corner of First and South streets in Greenport, Tuesday, July 26, at 6 p.m. The cost is $28 for members and $35 for nonmembers. Call 765-3161 or email info@northforkchamber.org. • Allstate [...]
- Additional news "Health News" Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:12PMOrenburg presidential Cadet School in the new school year, supplemented by 260 pupils, who are ready to be 10-12 years older.
- Local vintage car club donates $1,000 to women's shelter. Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:28PMThe Portage Family Abuse Prevention Centre received a boost Monday from a group of local classic car enthusiasts. Marilyn Ward, of the Vintage Cruisers club, was on hand at the centre Monday to present Portage Family Abuse Prevention Centre Executive Director Joyce Schrader with cheque for $1,000.[...]
- How the Bursting of the Consumer Bubble Continues to Hold the Economy Back Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 3:50AMWe are living through a tremendous bust. It isn’t simply a housing bust. It’s a fizzling of the great consumer bubble that was decades in the making.
- Capitola Foundation Looks to Expand Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:08PMFor more than five years, the Capitola Public Safety and Community Service Foundation has raised money to help with local efforts from public safety equipment and training to scholarships for Junior Guards.
- Community Notes Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:35PM* The Red Bonnet Bells will meet at noon Saturday at the Red Rooster in Dugger for lunch. * Linton Moose will host the band Bad Lands from 8 to 11 p.m. The public is invited, and all money benefits charity.
- Summer concert series continues Saturday Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:30PMThe sounds of two of the greatest bands in rock and roll history will be rocking downtown Brenham at Saturday’s “Hot Nights, Cool Tunes” performance. Abbey Rode and Already Gone will perform during the third concert of the popular series.
- Summer football 'work sessions' benefits Bulldogs Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 10:43PMBROWNSBURG - The Brownsburg football team took the practice field Tuesday night against Crawfordsville and Lebanon looking to put the finishing touches on its body of work over the summer.
- What happened to the gore of yesteryear's driver's ed? Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:12PMToday's teens have it made. Don't believe me? Check out driver's education. I'm telling you, the whole thing has changed from back in the day. Why, when I went to driver's ed, we had to actually attend a class. Today's teens? They go to class on the Internet. They attend at their own pace. They don't have to get up at 7 a.m. in the middle of their summer vacation to go to some driving school on ...
- Drag Racing Event Fuel Injects the 25th Anniversary Celebration Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 12:45PMTHE HOT AUGUST NIGHTS DRAGS ARE BACK!
- Tampa Bay Rays: First-Half Review Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 10:57AMA mid-season review of the Tampa Bay Rays 2011 season. For more Rays coverage, please visit DRaysBay Major League Baseball will play the mid-summer classic tonight marking the official mid-point of the 2011 Baseball season. Today is a good chance for us to take a moment and look back at the first-half-that-was for the Tampa Bay Rays. There have been ups and downs, we've had surprise performances ...
- Hertz Unveils "Hertz On Demand" Redefining Car Sharing Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 10:38AMInnovations, Unparalleled Technology-Driven Program Enhancements and a New Name Reflect Hertz's Commitment to Redefine Car Sharing, Making It Less Expensive, Easier, More Flexible, and More Satisfying to Get a Car and Go
- Hagerty Hosts Inaugural Youth Driving Experience Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:16PMOn Friday, July 8, 35 young adults participated in a classic car driving experience designed to highlight the enjoyment of driving a vintage car. During the inaugural Hagerty Driving Experience, the 16- through 20-year-old participants enjoyed classroom and hands-on drive experiences at the Dearborn, Michigan-based Automotive Hall of Fame.
- ANN ARBOR: VIDEO: Rolling Sculpture Car Show brings thousands to downtown Ann Arbor Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 7:11AMOne doesn’t normally associate Ann Arbor as a willing participant in Southeast Michigan’s car culture. And while no one would’ve confused the scene in downtown Ann Arbor on Friday night with the Woodward Dream Cruise in Metro Detroit, the Rolling Sculpture Car Show did manage to bring out thousands of car lovers.
- Young drivers learn stick shift in classic cars in Dearborn Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 1:19AMDearborn— Sixteen-year-old Nathan Goocher received a crash course in driving a manual transmission Friday — something he had done only in video games before.
- VIDEO: Classic-car driver training encourages teens to pilot vintage iron: Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 3:49PMThirty lucky kids learned to drive classic cars at the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn, Mich., on Friday in celebration of Collector Car Appreciation Day.
- Boys and Girls Club holds golf tournament in Dartmouth Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 1:17PMDARTMOUTH — The 28th Annual Boys & Girls Club Merle Ames/Joe Dias Charity Golf Classic will take place on Sunday, July 17, at Allendale Country Club in Dartmouth. Registration begins at 11 a.m. with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Sponsor for the...
- Alabama Hip-Hop Artists Unite for Benefit Concert to Aid Storm Relief Efforts Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 3:04AMSupreme Group LLC and BK Entertainment LLC have partnered to help raise money for Alabama residents affected by the series of tornadoes on April 27th 2011. They have brought together some of Alabama’s most talented hip-hop artists for a benefit concert this Sunday, July 10th, to aid the relief effort for Alabama storm victims. In conjunction with the Alabama All Star Car, Bike & Truck Show, the ...
- Malnourished ponies seized at Winston-Salem farm Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 9:13PMWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Animal control officers have seized more than 30 malnourished Hackney ponies from a farm in southwestern Winston-Salem. WGHP-TV reported that the 35 ponies were taken to the Dixie Classic Fairgrounds to be checked out by veterinarians.
- Portales hosting downtown car show Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 8:53PMPortales residents can take a drive down memory lane Friday, courtesy of the Portales MainStreet Program and local car collectors. MainStreet Director Sandy Van Der Veen said the community’s first National Collector Car Appreciation Day car show is...
- Lost in Austin to perform at ‘Hot Nights’ Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 3:46PMThis week’s “Hot Nights, Cool Tunes” entertainment is a group voted one of the top “cover” bands in Austin. Lost in Austin will perform for Saturday’s downtown concert, beginning at 7 p.m. It is free and open to the public.
- Around town in East County Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 3:00PMCheck out events happening in East County July 7 to 13.
- Capitola foundation steps up to help city in tough times Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 8:28PMCAPITOLA - At the beginning of the year, members of the Capitola Public Safety and Community Service Foundation started asking themselves how they could expand their offerings to the community.
- Rant & Rave Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 8:33AMNeed to get something off your chest? Call us with your rant or rave at 765-0707 ext. 126 or email RANTandRAVE@free-times.com . Submissions will be edited for length and spelling but not grammar. Please limit emailed submissions to 150 words.
- Corvette club cars shined up for Atlantic Nationals Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 4:24AMThe classic Chevrolet Corvette is one of the most instantly recognizable cars ever built, and there will be a lot of them on display at this weekend's Atlantic Nationals Automotive Extravaganza in Metro Moncton.
- Why Seattle’s transport experience is No. 2 — Richard Hartung Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 10:52PMJULY 6 — I was standing at a bus stop at 8.25am on a rare sunny Tuesday morning in Seattle in June, waiting to see if the bus would actually show up at the scheduled time of 8.28am posted on the bus stop. Sure enough, it did, and took me on my way to meet with Metro Transit, which runs the buses in Seattle. While not every bus arrives so ...
- Britain's oldest biker still going strong at 94: Reg Scott has ridden nearly 400,000 miles Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 11:32AMThe great-granddad has covered a staggering 384,800 miles during his 74 years on the road, the equivalent of riding around the world more than 15 times.
- News in brief Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 3:04AMEaton Intermediate School District (ISD) Career Preparation Center is now accepting applications for enrollment in the Insurance and Risk Management Program for the 2011-2012 school year. The partnership between the Eaton ISD Career Prep Center and Olivet College gives area high school students the opportunity to enroll in Olivet's Insurance and Risk Management program, beginning the 2011-2012 ...
- IN BRIEF Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 3:37AMPOCOMOKE CITY -- A Classic Custom Car Show will be held at Midway in Pocomoke City today from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. featuring the Crabtown Cruisers. Registration is at 10 a.m.
- 'CSI' Star's Arrest -- The INSANE Path of Destruction Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 2:35AMFiled under: Gary Dourdan , Photo Galleries , Ride Me , Celebrity Justice , Deadline Gary Dourdan SMASHED his SUV into a parked 1969 Ford truck on the night he was arrested for drug possession in L.A. ... and now the owner of the truck says Gary refuses to pay for the damage. Cops had responded to the crash scene on June 13 ... after someone reported that Gary hit TWO parked cars around 3:30 AM ...
- Movies’ Biggest Midlife Meltdowns Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 7:50PMTom Hanks’ 'Larry Crowne' character is latest of many with movie midlife crises.
- Police and fire calls Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 11:49AMThe following log is based on reports from the Holmen and Onalaska police and fire departments.
- Classic cars get the star treatment at Elm Bank Antique Auto Show Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 6:40AMSongs of the Beatles, Aretha Franklin and the Beach Boys rang out across the Elm Bank Reservation as brightly colored Fords, Chevys and Packards from the 1930s, ’40s, ’50s and ’60s revved onto the grounds. These classic cars were out on the town for more than just a leisurely Sunday morning drive. They had come to compete in the ninth annual Elm Bank Antique Auto Show.
- Area towns celebrating July 4th in grand style Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 11:10AMBy TRACI L. WEISENBACHTribune Staff Writer
- This Week in Auto Racing July 1 - 3 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 8:47AMDaytona Beach, FL (Sports Network) - It will be fireworks galore in NASCAR this Fourth of July weekend, as the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series run under the lights at Daytona International Speedway.
- Watts Bar Poker Run To Raise Funds For Safe Haven Light Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 4:56PMWatts Bar Lake and the roads around it will echo July 9 with the sounds of hundreds of powerful engines–boats, motorcycles and classic cars–for the third annual Watts Bar Poker Run.
- Sports in Brief Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 1:41PMHere's a rundown on some of the sports-related community events taking place in the North and Central Whidbey areas.
- Infiniti At The 2011 Cars In The Park Event Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 5:42AMThe 2011 Cars in the Park event in Lichfield between 2nd and 3rd July, will see all six Infiniti ranges, including the all-new Infiniti M saloon.
- The great highway program (Fortune, 1958) Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 11:29PMAnd, while government wrings its hands over the plight of the railroads, and even road builders warn against allowing urban mass transportation to degenerate further, more and more money goes into a program that will make life even harder for both these invalids. The case for the highway program is based solely on the overriding necessity of providing for the nation's rapidly growing motor traffic
- NEW DVD RELEASES Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 11:02PM"Unknown"
- Relay for Life creates a festival Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 7:47PMThe Maine Street water fountain was dyed purple for Relay for Life. From left are Mayor Ken Tedford Jr., Pat Fisler, Vicki Bushek, Peach Sims, Kelly Henke, Ashley Sims, Connie Young, Lacey Lehman and City Councilman Bob Erickson.
- Covington Fourth of July celebration is July 2 Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 6:13AMThree cheers for the red, white and blue. The City of Covington and The Times-Picayune will sponsor the annual Old-Fashioned Family Fourth of July celebration on July 2 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Bogue Falaya Park. Gates will...
- Volcanoes Open 6 Game Homestand Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 12:27PMWednesday, June 22nd 2011 SEASON OPENING NIGHT - There is always something very special about OPENING NIGHT in baseball, and this year will be no exception.
- Windows tech lets drivers use smartphone apps via voice Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 11:33AMFord is extending the reach of a Windows-based technology that allows drivers to control applications on their smartphones via voice.
- BRUNSVILLE CENTENNIAL - Stories of Brunsville reflect a friendly place to live Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 11:28AMThe Plymouth County town of Brunsville will roll out the welcome mat this weekend as it celebrates its centennial Friday and Saturday. The community bills itself as "The Town Too Tough to Die."
- Distracting back-seat drivers cause 1 in 7 accidents and near misses Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 4:58AMLondon, June 22 : A new study has revealed that one in seven motorists in Britain are having a road accident or near miss caused by a distraction from a rear passenger, also called backseat drivers.
- Maddisen K. Krown: Yes, You Can Start Your Financial Plan at Midlife Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 5:46PMGood financial health requires awareness, positive focus, planning, discipline, dedication, and a giant dose of optimism, and is worth the effort.
- Back-seat drivers 'cause one in seven accidents and near misses'... but the chances are you're guilty of it too Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 10:32AMPartners are cited as the worst culprits for back seat comments, but women are revealed as being most likely to get angry at criticism of their driving.
- Community Notes Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 3:49PM* Tuesday in the Worthington Park will feature Celtic Harpist Tom Duncan at 6:30 p.m. It will be at the bandstand. The art of Wilma Shouse McBride will be featured in the community building. Bring lawn chairs, and refreshments will be by the Christian church.
- Most popular pizza in Italy is actually manufactured in Lancashire by a German company Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 10:47AMThe classic Neapolitan snack is produced in a factory on an industrial estate just off the M6 by German food giant Dr Oetker.