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Long-standing complaints that children have found human feces, used condoms, needles and tampons in the Cambridge Common playground sparked the Cambridge City Council last night to look into a controversial policy that allows homeless people to leave their personal belongings in public parks...
...unlawful use of the playground is trumping its lawful use by children,” said Millicent Stilwell, who said she has found not only trash but also bedding and bed rolls when she takes her daughter to the playground. Stilwell and other parents have undertaken a campaign of editorials and phone calls urging city officials not to let that policy endanger children’s health...
...said. “In a day and age where you can’t leave a backpack in a public place like a post office or subway station, when all those places are questionable in the eyes of the law, why is a children’s playground not a questionable place to abandon these things...
BUOYED BY THE CULT STATUS OF THE HIT SUMMER FILM Dodgeball, playground and park games are rapidly gaining enthusiasts on college campuses. And not just in intramurals; intercollegiate leagues are popping up for the sort of sports you thought you outgrew at age 11. --By Jeremy Caplan...
...schools. "Governments fund students, not schools," says I.S.C.A.'s Daniels. Education consultant Gregory Heath says that Latham's platform is "just part of the mix ... it won't swing the election." By reviving an issue that inflames passions like few others, however, Latham has made life in the social playground a little more interesting...