City cancels public meeting on Folk Memorial Park ball field proposal

Newark axes proposal to lease park to charter school

Why Should Delaware Care? Weeks of debate over Newark Charter School’s proposal to lease a city park for 50 years sparked questions of how public land should be used. While the proposal ultimately went nowhere, the drama has left lingering doubts among some about transparency in the city.Newark’s controversial proposal to lease a public park to a local charter school has been withdrawn. On Monday, the Newark City Council voted in favor of a moti…

City cancels public meeting on Folk Memorial Park ball field proposal

The public meeting on Folk Memorial Park, originally scheduled for Wednesday night, has been canceled in the wake of city council’s surprise decision to reject Newark Charter School’s proposal to build a baseball/softball complex.