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Dorney Park Operator Cedar Fair To Merge With Six Flags Dorney Park Operator Cedar Fair To Merge With Six Flags
Dorney Park Operator Cedar Fair To Merge With Six Flags Cedar Fair, the owner of Allentown's Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom amusement park, will merge with Six Flags, company leaders announced Thursday, Nov. 2.  The combined company will operate 42 parks and nine resorts across 17 states as well as Canada and Mexico and is valued at around $8 billion, according to management.  Under the terms of the deal, Cedar Fair unitholders will own about 51.2 percent of the newly merged company, while the remaining 48.8 percent will be owned by Six Flags shareholders.  Company leaders said Cedar Fair's and Six Flags' existing po…

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by Mac Bullock
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Family of Worker, 19, Killed In Great Adventure Accident Receives $1.7M Settlement Family of Worker, 19, Killed In Great Adventure Accident Receives $1.7M Settlement
Family of Worker, 19, Killed In Great Adventure Accident Receives $1.7M Settlement The family of a 19-year-old worker who died in an accident while stringing holiday lights at Six Flags Great Adventure received a $1.7 million settlement in a wrongful death suit, according to a published report. Justin Dill, who’d recently graduated Middletown North High School and from the electrical program at Monmouth County Vocational School, worked at Six Flags as an apprentice with the electrician's union. He was working as a spotter for fellow employees hanging the lights on trees and poles when he was struck by the front tire of their lift truck, which then rolled on top of him, as…

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by Jerry DeMarco