Some neighbors oppose adding a hard court area and other things to the park behind the new police station.
Neighbors of the old Browne School Playground made what could be their final pleas to limit the number of changes to be made to the park behind the new Police Station at Tuesday’s Town Council meeting. The Recreation Department has plans to add a multi-purpose hard court, a children’s play structure and a water spray area to the park at 552 Main Street, said Recreation Director Peter Centola. He hopes to start work on the project this spring. Some neighbors, including those who attended the Town Council meeting, say the changes will ruin what is now a nice little piece of green space in their neighborhood. Candy Aulenbach, who lives near the park and has followed the process since it started, said that original plans were much more simple…
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A hard court, children's play structure and gazebo will be added to the former school playground.
The park behind the Watertown Police Station will include a children’s playground, a multi-use hard court and a water spray park. Plans to upgrade the area have been under discussion since October 2010, after the completion of the new police station. The final plans for park behind the Watertown Police Station will be revealed at a community meeting Tuesday night, said Recreation Director Peter Centola. Most of the additions actually replicate what has been at the location in the past when 552 Main St. was home to a school, Centola said. “This used to be the Browne School,” Centola said. “They used to have 400 kids there. There was always a tot-lot there, and always a hardtop surface with a basketball court.” Centola describes the blacktop…
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S. Barbato
4:50 pm on Sunday, January 27, 2013
Time for a dog park. Keep it Green. Listen to those living in the neighborhood. My kids played at the Bemis Park when they were little and it was just fine for younger kids. more ›