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Events DC Seeks Local Support to Build New Playground Near Eliot-Hine
Site of proposed Events DC playground (Photo via Google Maps) Northeast Capitol Hill children might get a new playground if locals back a plan to … Click for complete story.
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Community rallies to reopen vandalized playground, 2 juveniles arrested
Despite being vandalized on Wednesday night, August 12, The imPOSSIBLE Dream playground was open again by Saturday morning. And by … Click for complete story.
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New Aurora Highlands Group Fighting to Keep Green Space in Parks
A new organization of Aurora Highlands neighbors are working to protect the green space in their parks from becoming playgrounds and basketball … Click for complete story.
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High temperatures heat playgrounds, cause potential dangers
As the kids head back to school, make sure they’re staying safe even during playtime. Weather Authority meteorologist Julie Durda headed out to the … Click for complete story.
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Waveland playground will honor family killed during Katrina
WAVELAND, Miss. (AP) — When the new playground at Ellwood Bourgeois Memorial Park opens Sunday, it will be more than just a place for children … Click for complete story.
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Fundraising effort seeks $250K to build inclusive playground in Newark
The playground’s ramps allow her 16-year-old son Preston to access the equipement in his wheelchair and are wide enough to allow Preston’s … Click for complete story.
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Competition to design ‘no smoking’ park signs launched by daily
Entrants are asked to make the designs clear, but also to show playgrounds as fun family areas. A piece publicising the competition in the YEP also … Click for complete story.
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75 playgrounds being established in KP: Azam Khan
Muhammad Azam Khan said that the department of sports and tourism was establishing 47 playgrounds on emergency basis and preparing a plan to … Click for complete story.
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Health Concerns About ‘Rubber Mulch’ on Duluth Playgrounds
“Every parent knows that when their kids play in these playgrounds with this material, there’s a black dust that comes off on them,” explained his father … Click for complete story.
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Parents Raise Health Concerns About ‘Rubber Mulch’ on Duluth Playgrounds
In just five days, nearly 400 people have signed a petition to remove rubber mulch from Duluth playgrounds, worried it’s risking their children’s health. Click for complete story.
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Memorial playground to pay tribute to family killed in plane crash
Now, as ground is cleared for the new school, plans for the Openshaw Family Memorial Playground are also taking shape. Nielsen said, “We’ll plant … Click for complete story.
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Waveland playground born out of post-Katrina connection between students, New Jersey firefighters
AMANDA McCOY/SUN HERALDChris Smith, a retired fire fighter from Kearny, N.J., works on assembling equipment for a new playground at Elwood … Click for complete story.
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Volunteer painters create map of the US on new Wethersfield playground
Wethersfield Elementary School students will not only find a new asphalt playground when classes begin today. They will also find a multi-colored … Click for complete story.
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Triple-Digits In Sacramento Area Mean Empty Slides At Playgrounds
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The third day of triple-digit temperatures, paired with poor quality, are creating dangerous conditions for people outside in … Click for complete story.
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Promenade Area Residents Association Aims to Raise Funds for New Downtown Park
“This playground will not only benefit local residents and business owners but visitors from the local hotels and community center as well,” she said. Click for complete story.
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Six places to play in Norwood
If you’re looking for some fun in the sun, but don’t want to travel far from home, Norwood has plenty of playground and fields for outdoor fun. There are … Click…
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A brutal legacy for our children
Young men in their twenties are rolling down a climbing space modelled on the playground on the modernist Churchill Gardens estate, in Pimlico, east … Click for complete story.
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Bay Area parents warned about hot playground equipment burning children
Over the smoldering hot weekend, lots of families took their kids to the park. But it turns out that playground equipment may not be as safe as you think. Click…
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Young people and eye care challenges
“Children should be seen, not heard.” This saying conjures up an endearing image, of laughing, shouting children on playgrounds and streets, with … Click for complete story.
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SHS Students Build Friendships and a Playground in Uganda
We ended up taking an adventurous trip to Uganda where we built a playground and also met the kids who would play on it and learned about life in … Click…
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A new era for Bridgeton city playground | Guest Column
By Albert B. Kelly. I’m not sure how many people remember playing at Johnson Reeves Playground on East Avenue, but it seems like any time I … Click for complete story.
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Playground protocol: Are birthday suits OK at the splash park?
It’s refreshing that a number of playgrounds and town centers offer water sprinklers and spray parks for public use, but what do little ones wear for such … Click for complete…
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Leveling the playing field: When parents help pay, disparities can develop among school …
On a pleasant summer day, school playgrounds like Westside’s are buzzing with kids clambering on spider webs made of rope, shiny parabolic … Click for complete story.
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Excess levy funds go toward continued upgrades of Clarksburg park facilities
Neighborhood playground improvements are among the projects the Clarksburg Board of Park Commissioners spends levy money on, the park board … Click for complete story.
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Elkhart community comes together to build school playgrounds
Student athletes, junior ROTC, marching band and local Elkhart officials lifted parts of the playground into place. It’s been a two-day project, and the … Click for complete story.
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City’s 1st all-inclusive playground opens in North Portland
“You have to design playgrounds that are not just accessible to kids with disabilities but that all kids really love, so they all play together,” Goldberg … Click for complete story.
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Elkhart volunteers build new playgrounds
On Saturday morning, volunteers at two elementary schools set to work putting together some new playground equipment. Parents, teachers and kids … Click for complete story.
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Foresters, KaBOOM! and volunteers bring families together with new playground at Schiller Way …
PORTLAND, Aug. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ – The Portland community was revitalized today thanks to a new playground built at Schiller Way Apartment … Click for complete story.
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Wendell Parks and Rec receives playground grant
Kristie Pate, with the playground company Bliss Products which awarded the town the grant, told town staff that this was the largest grant they had … Click for complete story.
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Good business sense started on playground
It was so much fun to run onto the playground and be the first to climb to the top of the jungle gym or grab a coveted seat on the…
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