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Committee refers two park memorial requests to full council and asks Parks for installation timelines
Summary
The Special Committee on Memorials and Dedications voted May 13 to receive and refer two memorial requests—a tree for Dakota Sylvia at Hazelwood Park and a bench for Deborah G. Rower at Baldwinwood Park—to the full City Council and the Park Board, and asked Parks staff to provide a consolidated timeline of approved but uninstalled memorials.
The Special Committee on Memorials and Dedications of the City of New Bedford voted May 13 to receive and refer two memorial applications to the full City Council and the Park Board.
The committee heard a request from the Department of Parks and Recreation for a memorial tree to be placed “at Hazelwood Park on a hill looking down, if possible” in memory of Dakota Sylvia and a separate application for a memorial bench at Baldwinwood Park in memory of Deborah G. Rower. The clerk said both items had been referred to the committee previously (item 1 referred on Feb. 27, 2025; item 2 referred on March 27, 2025).
Councilor Moret…
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