EMERALD ISLE — Legendary Emerald Isle businessman and politician Ronnie Watson has sold his 46-year-old resort, the Holiday Trav-L Park off Coast Guard Road, to an international company.
According to online records at the Carteret County Register of Deeds website, the sale closed on June 17, transferred from Watson Family Assets to MHC Trav L NC, registered in Delaware, N.J.
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"Legendary"? ... come on now, that's just silly
Popular would be more accurate but I’ll bet some legendary things have taken place inside those gates .
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