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Residents urge pause on Weekway Park baseball field, press county for skating pavilion and community input
Summary
Multiple Weekway Park residents and community leaders told commissioners they were not consulted about a planned new baseball field and urged a pause while the county explores an interchangeable skating pavilion; commissioners agreed to pursue a meeting with parks staff.
A group of Newark residents and community leaders told the Essex County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday they oppose construction of an additional baseball field at Weekway (Weequahic) Park and want county leaders to pause the project and reopen public engagement to consider a multi-season skating pavilion.
Winifred Victor Hines, executive director of the Weekway Hick Park Association, said she first learned of the plan on Nov. 19 and that the community had not been consulted. “Lack of transparency, no community input,” Hines told the board, and she asked the county to pause construction and reopen discussion with neighborhood residents.
Several speakers echoed Hines. Michelle Boynton, who said she has used Weekway Park for 60 years, asked county leaders to prioritize recreational…
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