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State parks manager outlines reopening conditions for Newtown Park after World War II munitions survey
Summary
Ranger Christie Bright told the Saint Mary's County Recreation and Parks board on Nov. 7 that Newtown Park remains closed pending review of an Army Corps report on historic projectiles; other county state parks received routine updates on facilities and visitor programs.
Ranger Christie Bright, park manager for the state parks in Saint Mary's County, told the Department of Recreation and Parks board on Nov. 7 that Newtown Park will remain closed until state officials complete safety procedures and receive an Army Corps of Engineers report on historic projectiles found on the property.
The parks system in Saint Mary's County includes St. Mary's River, Greenwell, St. Clement's Island, Point Lookout and Newtown. Bright said Newtown — a 770-acre tract acquired in 2009 — was briefly opened then closed after military ordnance was discovered. "There has been about, I want to say, over 70 ordnance identified and detonated," Bright said, describing work by state and military bomb squads.
Bright told the board the Army Corps’ systematic…
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