SkateparkNews

School’s barely out on a recent afternoon and the Ruben Pier Memorial Skatepark is already packed with dozens of skateboarders, BMX bicyclists and kids on scooters. The skaters don’t care for the rap the two-week old facility in Sherwood Park has gotten because of incidents of vandalism and littering. They say that nobody who cares about the skate park would do anything to risk it staying open. “I’m gonna call…

Railroad Park will open to the public on Monday, with a formal ribbon-cutting celebration planned for November 5. The park is located on the east side of Railroad Street between FM 3040 (Hebron Parkway) and Business 121, with a main entrance at the intersection of Railroad Street and Bennett Lane. All park facilities will open at once, although a few soccer games are scheduled for the two preceding weekends in…