Not too long ago a meme was circulating around social media – it was a photo of an old rusted and broken playground apparatus – which my daughter Kaitlyn referred to as the “death trap merry-go-round.

All the other kids ride the merry-go-round with smiles beaming across their rosy red, sun kissed cheeks, laughing and playing on a nice day. This type of day is where my dreams meet their reality. I ...

TURLOCK -- With a brass plaque and mayoral proclamation, the old Karymor merry-go-round, a Crane Park staple for upward of 70 years, was memorialized. Unlike a carousel or modern school yard ...

One of the treats of kids of our vintage was riding on a merry-go-round if you could find a dime during a county fair or a carnival coming to town. If I found one today I could afford to ride but the ...

Extremely popular in years past, Carousels or "Merry Go Rounds" were often a young child's first amusement park ride. Still today this holds true for many. Also known as roundabouts, carousels ...

For at least three generations, youngsters looked forward to a shopping trip with a parent to the former Jim’s House of Shoes on North Street in Pittsfield. It was not so much for new shoes, but an ...