Upstate New York Town BANS Hobby in Parks

A very brief article from the Watertown Daily Times in upstate New York shows where an unskilled, or just lazy hobbyist has now ruined it for everyone else in the area. Shame!

"Holes found in Village Green Park caused collective concern and a new local law at the Town Council meeting June 6.

"We found someone was up there with a metal detector and was digging around," Councilman Thomas E. Stewart said. "It just wasn't right."

Local Law No. 2 includes restrictions other than digging the park grounds, taking artifacts and using a metal detector.

Included in the 11 activities prohibited in the park are operating or parking an all-terrain vehicle, horseback riding in areas not designated as driveways and using glass containers."