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Morristown residents press council over reduced pickleball hours, noise and future site
Summary
Residents criticized reduced hours and possible closure of Morristown’s pickleball courts and raised noise and access concerns; council and mayor said administration is seeking alternative sites and noted potential legal issues but made no formal vote.
At the Sept. 29 Morristown Town Council meeting, residents urged the council to address reduced hours, ongoing noise and the pending closure of the town’s pickleball courts, prompting council members and the mayor to say administrators are seeking a new location and weighing complaints and legal risks.
The issue drew sustained public comment from multiple residents. "You spent $130,000 to build really nice pickleball courts," said Ed Peters of 142 Washington Street, who said hours were cut from a previously broader schedule to 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Saturday and that the announced closure effective Dec. 1 appeared to him to be permanent. Peters said the schedule change excludes many…
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