By JORDAN ARCHUNDE Daily Press Intern The Silver City Town Council reviewed its nuisance ordinance at Tuesday night’s regular meeting, with an eye to correcting issues with the existing law. Much of the language in the revision is a restructuring of the existing law, but the proposal would also allow the Town Council itself to act as a hearing board for nuisance law violations, rather than just citing violators into …
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Three-year-old Mila Sprowl shouts “Ya! Ya!” while playing on the black stallion spring rider in Penny Park on Saturday as her dad, Mike Sprowl, looks on.
After being closed since last March due to the coronavirus pandemic, as of today, Silver City’s beloved playground, Penny Park, is finally open to the public again, according to Town Manager Alex Brown.
“We waited until the schools got the green light for [limited] in-person learning,” Brown said, adding that when town officials made the decision last May to reopen municipal parks and outdoor recreation sites like Fox Field and Scott Park Golf Links in accordance with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s easing of coronavirus restrictions, they opted to keep playgrounds off-limits.