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About Sightseers’ Delight

Sightseers’ Delight started publishing in June 2016. The site, published by The DeFeo Groupe, collects and curates content about places where historical events large and small happened. The site builds off the legacy of The Travel Trolley, which launched in June 2009. The site aimed to be a virtual version of the trolley tours offered in so many cities.

Consider visiting Grapevine on the next trip to Dallas-Fort Worth

January 15, 2025 Sightseers’ Delight

The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is chock full of attractions. However, one community that many visitors might overlook is the historic community of Grapevine, with a main street that may be among the metroplex’s most charming.

Athens leisure services director retires after seven years at the helm

January 15, 2025 Sightseers’ Delight

Athens-Clarke County Unified Government Leisure Services Director Kent Kilpatrick is retiring on April 1, 2025, after 37 years with the department and seven as director.

Kennesaw, Georgia, requires heads of households to own a gun

January 13, 2025 Sightseers’ Delight

A Georgia city’s law requiring the heads of households to own a firearm is back in the news.

Atlanta Regional Commission swears in two board members

January 13, 2025 Sightseers’ Delight

The Atlanta Regional Commission swore in two new board members and plans to swear in a third.

Murphy signs bill to create Target Zero Commission

January 13, 2025 Sightseers’ Delight

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a measure creating the Target Zero Commission to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries in New Jersey by 2040.

New Jersey senator blasts Delta Air Lines-DraftKings partnership

January 13, 2025 Sightseers’ Delight

New Jersey Sen. John McKeon is blasting a reported new partnership between Delta Air Lines and DraftKings, saying it will further proliferate gambling.

A Frontier Airlines plane lands at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Frontier Airlines adds flights to Atlanta for college football championship

January 12, 2025 Sightseers’ Delight

Frontier Airlines has added flights between Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Chicago Midway International, Chicago O’Hare International and John Glenn Columbus International airports for the college football championship game.

Georgia crews move from pre-treatment operations to active snowplow and removal

January 10, 2025 Sightseers’ Delight

Georgia Department of Transportation officials said the agency has transitioned from brine pre-treatment operations to active snowplow and removal in much of the state.

FAA to investigate aborted Delta takeoff in Atlanta

January 10, 2025 Sightseers’ Delight

The Federal Aviation Administration said it will investigate the aborted takeoff of a Delta Air Lines flight at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport this morning.

Delta plane aborts takeoff at Atlanta airport, passengers evacuated

January 10, 2025 Sightseers’ Delight

A Delta Airlines plane aborted takeoff at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Friday morning, injuring four people and forcing an evacuation of the plane.