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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dave Helm, the namesake of Colton-based Helm and Sons Amusements, won Friday’s auction for the famed merry-go-round from San Bernardino’s now-shuttered ...

The city of Los Angeles’ Recreation and Parks Department is planning on buying the historic carousel that entertained children and celebrities for nearly a century in Griffith Park. On Thursday, Aug.

On August 28, 1963, the same day Martin Luther King Jr. shared his dream with crowds on the National Mall, Sharon Langley ...

PITTSFIELD — The Berkshire Carousel at 50 Center St. will be offering free rides for children between noon and 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 25, in celebration of National Merry-Go-Round Day. Adults must ...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WJAR) — The Slater Memorial Park Looff Carousel is offering free rides on Tuesday to celebrate Merry-go-round Day. Park officials said carousel rides will be free from 11 a.m. to 8 ...

Some of the most fanciful conversations you'll ever have will involve what makes one ride a carousel, by definition, and what makes another attraction a merry-go-round. There's no need to whinny, or ...

PITTSFIELD — The Berkshire Carousel has become a global phenomenon. Amusement ride enthusiasts from as far away as London, South America and Australia are among the thousands of riders who've mounted ...

It seems strange at this remove that Buckley was bottom of the bill, yet it’s a fair bet some of the Carousel’s audience were specifically there to see him. Being signed to the hip imprint Elektra ...