After months of aldermen discussing usage and public interest in Moncrief Park’s 70-year-old swimming pool, a pool party at Moncrief Pool made a big splash this past Saturday.
Moncrief Pool is celebrating its grand reopening for the summer. But the future of the pool is uncertain unless turnout numbers are higher than they were last year.
For older citizens, childhood memories of summer almost always include trips to the public swimming pool. It was as much a part of summer as bare feet,
The City of Starkville's public pool is drowning in problems that could drain the city's recreation budget. The pool at Moncrief Park is around 70 years old and leaking badly.