BERLIN – The city council is proposing that Bickford Place Park close for public use every night at 10 p.m. unless there is a city-approved event underway. Smoking will also be banned in the small pocket park in the downtown.
The council Monday night held a first reading of an amendment to the city ordinance to reflect the Bickford Place Park smoking ban and night curfew. A public hearing on the amendment will be held at the Oct. 15 council meeting.
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