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In a proposed park swap, the city would give up about half of the 60-acre Berkeley Park, which Kimberly Clark donated to the city in 2008 on the condition that it would be used for public recreation. In return, the School Board would cede Edwards Park to the city. On the surface, the deal seemed to tilt in favor of the county: The School Board would get around 25 acres while shedding two acres it didn’t need. But for a variety of reasons — location, location, location among them — the de...

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Hendersonville Times-News Hendersonville City Council is confident, with only a couple of concerns and suggestions voiced, in moving forward with trading a portion of Berkeley Mills Park to Henderson County Public Schools in exchange for Edwards Park. City Manager John Connet presented a conceptual plan to council at a meeting Wednesday that shows HCPS plans for its future portion of Berkeley Park, which would be nearly 26 acres, if the trade is approved. Council and the School Board have to...

Proposed changes to Berkeley Mills, Edwards and Boyd parks in Hendersonville would lead to an improved baseball field; new softball field, tennis courts and fire station.

City Council members Jeff Miller and Jerry Smith, City Manager John Connet met with School Board chair Blair Craven and vice chair Amy Lynn Holt and schools Superintendent John Bryant to negotiate the details of the park swap during a meeting Jan. 4. The City Council will discuss the agreement at a work session at 5:45 Wednesday. The deal also would enable the city to relocate the Laura E. Corn Mini Golf course from Boyd Park to Edwards Park. Under the agreement, the School Board would develop ...

Traffic is backed up for miles. new at 6:00, the attempted murder case involving this smiling woman, a 2-year-old boy and meth in a berkeley park. >> two arrests made. are any more coming? the demands for more charges. plus, thousands of jobs could come to sandal jose, all thanks to google. >> and sky 7 is live over breaking news in san leandro where a fatal accident involving a motorcycle and souvenir davis street has just been cleared. the crash happened around 4:00 this afternoon and bloc...

the attacks actually happened on sunday but the victim was recently pulled off life support. 58-year-old francisco lugo jumped near the intersection of 12th and jackson that isokí ne backesto park. his family telling nbc area lugo was trying to help a person chased. that is when he was hit in the back of the head. this time its unú]9 if a weapon was used. police at this hour still looking for the attacker. lets now take you to the breaking national news at this hour. this is a li...

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who is live at that meeting for us. lillian. >>reporter: well over 100 people lined up to speak tonight. it has been a long meeting. with a few tense moments. >> officer, would you escort him away from the mike, please. >>reporter: speaker refused to leave when his time was up. then members of the audience engineered when oak land police chief howard jordan addressed the city council. >> my officers showed great restraint in -- >>reporter: but for the most part the special open city co...

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