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<title>Audit finds Watertown parks &amp; rec mismanagement</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 27, 2011) Watertown’s baseball team nearly left town recently after revelations it owed the city more than $40,000.  The Watertown Wizards play in the summer collegiate league, and has produced some professional players.  The team hadn’t paid for use of city-owned fields for several seasons.It turns out that was because the city’s Parks and Recreation department wasn’t collecting its bills.  The results of an audit released this week slams the department. Watertown correspondent Joanna Richards has more. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17730/20110527/audit-finds-watertown-parks-amp-rec-mismanagement">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Joanna Richards</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Watertown’s baseball team nearly left town recently after revelations it owed the city more than $40,000.  The Watertown Wizards play in the summer collegiate league, and has produced some professional players.  The team hadn’t paid for use of city-owned fields for several seasons.It turns out that was because the city’s Parks and Recreation department wasn’t collecting its bills.  The results of an audit released this week slams the department. Watertown correspondent Joanna Richards has more. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17730/20110527/audit-finds-watertown-parks-amp-rec-mismanagement">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:keywords>photolead, politics, watertown, government, mismanagement, wizards, sports, parks, [loc:43.9747838 -75.9107565], tijf, jefferson county, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>NY parks see surge of visitors</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 13, 2011) Attendance at New York’s parks and historic sites soared last year, with more than a million additional people making visits.That surge followed a threat last spring by Governor David Paterson to close dozens of sites, including John Browns Farm near Lake Placid and the Crown Point Fort in the Champlain Valley.The state restored $11 million to keep those areas open.  But a new report by two advocacy groups found that funding has still declined by more than $30 million in recent years, leaving many parks understaffed and in need of repair. Chris Morris reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16981/20110113/ny-parks-see-surge-of-visitors">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Chris Morris</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Attendance at New York’s parks and historic sites soared last year, with more than a million additional people making visits.That surge followed a threat last spring by Governor David Paterson to close dozens of sites, including John Browns Farm near Lake Placid and the Crown Point Fort in the Champlain Valley.The state restored $11 million to keep those areas open.  But a new report by two advocacy groups found that funding has still declined by more than $30 million in recent years, leaving many parks understaffed and in need of repair. Chris Morris reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16981/20110113/ny-parks-see-surge-of-visitors">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:keywords>photolead, outdoor recreation, adirondacks, tourism, parks, budget, [loc:43.9503352 -73.4370667], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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