CUMBERLAND – A dense and largely uncontrolled cover of invasive Norway maple trees between Mill Street and the Blackstone River next to Town Hall make it virtually impossible to see
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CUMBERLAND – This town’s parks and recreation services are understaffed and underfunded, say members of the Parks and Recreation Commission, and a general lack of information on how money is spent makes it difficult to analyze how to improve the situation.
Commission Chairman Alan Neville, pictured, and member Dan Stevenson updated the Town Council last week on a number of items that they and Town Solicitor Kelley Morris Salvatore were asked to look into starting in December.
Communities such as Smithfield and South Kingstown provide a “much more granular view” of parks and recreation functions, said Neville, creating detailed narratives and setting benchmark expectations for what’s going to be accomplished in a given year, including the number of personnel needed to carry tasks out and other useful information.