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Neighbors raise pickleball noise, field upkeep concerns; mayor says sound mitigation options are being explored
Summary
Residents urged the council to address loud noise from newly opened pickleball courts and to review Recreation and Public Works maintenance of athletic fields. The mayor said the administration is exploring sound barriers and will follow up; no formal action was taken at the meeting.
Several Methuen residents used the public participation period Monday to press the city for solutions to noise from a recently opened pickleball court complex and to ask for a review of Recreation Department spending and field upkeep.
Steven Tarquinio, who said he lives on Sycamore Road near the city’s new courts, told the council he repeatedly asked the Recreation Department about a noise-mitigation plan during the project’s planning and that no plan had been developed. “I asked the Rec Department…
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