SAVE McIntire... from what?
Drive almost anywhere near McIntire Park– on Park Street, on Rose Hill Drive– even on Cherry Avenue– and you'll spot the yard signs: "SAVE MCINTIRE PARK." Peppering neighborhoods more boldly than most autumn election placards, the signs say something about the town's most disputed land, its central park. But what exactly does "saving" McIntire mean?
In a succession of recent moves, the City has ignited controversy by handing public land over to the local YMCA, attempting to exile softball and a longstanding wading pool, and encouraging backers of a planned botanical garden to supplant a nearly 70-year-old golf course–- all while inviting a parkway to lop off the Park's eastern edge.
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