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Profile: Ben Moyer
“You can find so much meaning in nature by being observant to it, open to it. It’s always cycling.” “One…
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Big Savage Tunnel To Close for Winter (GAP Mile 22) Fully Obstructed: Big Savage Tunnel to close for winter November 27Reported: November 1, 2024 Last Updated November 1, 2024
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Shop Small Holiday Market
November 30, 2024
Frostburg
Shop Small Season in Downtown Frostburg is coming! Start off your holiday shopping season with a ride on the Great Allegheny Passage and then a visit to Frostburg for its […]
Celebration of Lights and Holiday Market
November 30, 2024
Cumberland
Stop by Cumberland to kick off the official holiday season at Canal Place on Small Business Saturday, Nov 30. This event is free to the public. Shop local stores and […]
Holiday Mingle
December 4, 2024
Pittsburgh's South Side
Make your way over to Pittsburgh’s South Side for Holiday Mingle, a seasonal fundraiser that showcases some of South Side’s favorite restaurants and cocktail crafters. Indulge in the festivities while […]
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Profile: Christine Tutena
“I was the first woman mayor. I had no political aspirations. Sixteen years later I’m still mayor.” “I grew up…
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Profile: Melissa Friend-Blocher
“The diner is our family hub," says Melissa Friend-Blocher, of Meyersdale. "Me, my sister, all my cousins, my nieces, before we ever went home from the hospital, we came here...
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GAP Named Best Place for Fall Foliage in Maryland
Editors at Real Simple note that the Great Allegheny Passage features spectacular views year-round, “but the brightest burst of…
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New Book Brings GAP History to Life
Discover Bill Metzger’s inimitable style — humor blended with serious scholarship — in the second edition of his…
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Access to C&O Canal Towpath’s Paw Paw Tunnel Restricted; Detour Available
The C&O Canal National Historical Park announced that it resumed work on August 9, 2021 to stabilize rocky slopes along…
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GAP Featured in Condé Nast Traveler
Considering a solo trek on the Great Allegheny Passage? Read How Author Jennifer Weiner Learned to Love Cycling Alone, a…
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Baltimore Magazine Highlights GAP and C&O Canal Towpath among “Best Places to Road Trip”
Baltimore magazine’s Ron Cassie notes that the C&O Canal Towpath and Great Allegheny Passage are among Maryland’s 75 “Best Places…
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Amtrak To Resume Daily Service Along GAP
Amtrak’s Capitol Limited will resume daily service in both directions between Chicago and Washington, D.C. beginning May 31, 2021. …
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Register Today for the 2021 GAP Relay
Get your team together for the 2021 GAP Relay Presented by UPMC Health Plan, a 150-mile team running relay…