Letters to the Editor

Former Pelham rec superintendent endorses Franklin Field pool idea

July 8, 2022

To the editor:

I was the recreation superintendent in Pelham for 25 years.

In all that time, we recognized the need for a town swimming pool. Various proposals were made but never panned out for reasons usually related to location and/or money. What is currently proposed is long overdue. Now with the updated field at Prospect Hill, the added turf to the Glover Field complex and soon a new field at Hutchinson available, there is no reason to be concerned about playing field space at Franklin Field. The pool complex will take up less than 15% of Franklin Field and probably less than one tenth of 1% of all space available for field sports. And the pool would be available to all, even those who don’t play field sports or are unable to play them.

Mark Mather

43 Third Ave.

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Margot Lovell • Jul 8, 2022 at 7:15 pm

Great plan!


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