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TexasTowelie

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Tue Nov 28, 2017, 06:41 PM Nov 2017

Dogs barred from South Burlington dog park due to neighbor's complaint

SOUTH BURLINGTON - A dog park closed on Thursday following a neighbor's complaint that the newly created space was making life intolerable, but there may still be hope of a new location.

"We have been miserable, distraught and agitated. We have no peace, no quiet," Mark Dickinson of Shepard Lane said, explaining at a City Council meeting on Nov. 6 that it was as if the city put a dog park in his backyard just over two months ago.

Shepard Lane properties like Dickinson's are on a dead end that abuts Jaycee Park.

The city wanted dog parks on its own property, according to City Council member Meaghan Emery. A former dog park was on land reclaimed by the University of Vermont near Centennial Woods and then on June 1, 2017, the Burlington International Airport closed the Community Dog Park on Kirby Road.

Read more: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2017/11/25/dogs-barred-south-burlington-park-due-neighbors-complaint/888716001/

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Dogs barred from South Burlington dog park due to neighbor's complaint (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2017 OP
Some people just can't stand anything having a good time. appleannie1943 Nov 2017 #1
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