New rules, shorter hours established for Struthers skate park

STRUTHERS — The city plans to reopen a skate park across from neighbors who’ve had enough of profanity there, but there will be new rules and shortened hours.

Mayor Terry Stocker, safety-service director Ed Wildes and other city officials are wrestling with the problem of what to do about the Stewart Street skate park, which opened three years ago on city property near the municipal building and has had to be closed each year of its existence because of problems, they said.

Kids using the park have broken windows in the street department garage nearby, thrown trash on the ground and have even broken benches in the park, which was built with donated money, they said.

“Now, it’s the profanity,” Stocker said. “We want to allow them to have fun, but they have to be respectful of the neighbors.”

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