Bedford Indiana Weather News

5 Things You Need to Know Today: August 3

1. Patch historical fact of the day. On this day, in 1946, the world's first themed amusement park opened in Santa Claus, Indiana. The name of this festive destination? You guessed it! Santa Claus Land. The park, which opened nine years prior to Disney Land, still exists, but it's now significantly larger and called Holiday World and Splashin' Safari.

2. Slaughterhouse voted down, again. Following a nearly five-hour meeting that included lengthy discussion on a significant change to the site plan at Cumberland Farms in Goffstown Village, the Goffstown Zoning Board of Adjustment voted down the proposal for a slaughterhouse to be developed on residential property near the Bedford town line. See a local video perspective on the issue later today. [["validates_presence_of",{"message":"Please enter your email address."}],["validates_length_of",{"too_long":"Your email address must contain between 5 and 100 characters.","maximum":100,"allow_nil":true}],["validates_email_format_of",{"message":"Your email address is not properly formatted. Mind giving it another shot?"}],["validates_uniqueness_of",{"message":"The email address you entered is being used by another member. Please try a different address.","client_can_validate":true,"exists_url":"/users/exists?email="}]] [["validates_presence_of",{"message":"Please enter your password."}],["validates_length_of",{"too_short":"Your password must contain between 4 and 40 characters.","too_long":"Your password must contain between 4 and 40 characters.","allow_nil":true,"minimum":4,"maximum":40}],["validates_format_of",{"message":"Your password may contain only letters, numbers, underscores, and hyphens. No emoticons, please. :p","with":["^[a-zA-Z0-9\\_\\-]*?