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Sunday, October 7, 2012

Railroad Revival Tour Cancels Duluth Concert Stop

Ticket holders supposed to be given full refunds by tour promoter. Southeastern Railway Museum offering free admission to museum to ticket holders on Oct. 20, the day the concert had been scheduled in Duluth.

A day-long Railroad Revival Tour concert scheduled Saturday, Oct. 20, in Duluth and headlined by Willie Nelson has been cancelled by the promoters, the Southeastern Railway Museum announced Friday (Oct. 5). The Duluth museum was to be the first stop on the second annual Oct. 20-28 tour from Duluth to Oakland, CA, with performers traveling in sixteen 1940s railcars and entertaining at open-air concert venues in parks, fields and lots around railroad tracks in seven cities. The entire tour has been cancelled by the Texas-based promoter. Also scheduled to perform were Band of Horses, Jamey Johnson, and John Reilly & Friends. “We have been moving forward, getting the museum ready for the concert,” said Southeastern Railway Museum Administrator…

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

News Nearby: Mayor Not Unethical, Willie Nelson Rides the Rails, Parents Cheer Olympic Athlete

Here are some top Patch headlines not far from Alpharetta and Milton.

Rash of Arson Fires in Gwinnett Under Investigation, 2 in Loganville – Loganville-Grayson Patch Gwinnett Fire officials are currently investigating a series of recent fires in Gwinnett as arson, two of them in a Loganville neighborhood. Lt. Colin S. Rhoden, public information officer for Gwinnett Fire and Emergency Services, said authorities do not believe that these fires are connected. “We do have surveillance of the last one, an early morning vehicle fire in Buford, and we hope to be able to release the footage to the media,” Rhoden said. Information naming four of the fires as arson, including the Buford vehicle fire and a house fire on June 27 in the 2400 block of Range Heights Terrace, Loganville, was sent to media outlets Tuesday. …

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