To the editor: On the morning of Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, there was a disturbing verbal exchange between a pickleball player and a neighborhood parent at Lakeshore Park. I do not know the particulars, but from what I could hear and see from my yard a few hundred yards away, there was a player in an orange shirt spewing profanity at a resident of the neighborhood. It … [Read more...] about LTE: People should behave respectably while using our parks
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Peabody seniors appreciate volunteers
The Torigian Senior Center hosted a dinner to thank the approximately 200 volunteers who help run it on Thursday. The center also held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the official opening of its outdoor recreation area, which includes new pickleball and bocce courts. Volunteers, members of the Rotary Club, city councilors, the Friends of the Peabody Council on … [Read more...] about Peabody seniors appreciate volunteers
New pickleball and bocce ball court opening soon at the senior center
New pickleball and bocce courts will soon be available to Peabody residents 60 and over, and to possibly members of other communities as well, at the Peter A. Torigian Senior Center. “We started thinking about the side of the building that was really just unused space,” Peabody Council on Aging Director Carolyn Wynn said. “And then we kind of had a rough-looking bocce ball … [Read more...] about New pickleball and bocce ball court opening soon at the senior center