AWARD WINNING EDITORIAL
JULY 5, 2021 VOL. 57, No. 27
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County Executive George Latimer marks the reopening of Playland with his wife, Robin, and youngsters and young at heart. Photo by Peter Katz.
FUN IS BACK Playland reopens after lost season
BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com
“W e had a fabulous weekend at Playland. The weather was perfect for going to the amusement park, perfect for going to a beach and we had really tremendous attendance at Playland,” Westchester County Executive George Latimer said in reporting on the park’s first weekend back in operation after having been closed for a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
On opening day, Saturday, June 27, there were 7,100 people who went to Playland. Another 6,832 visited on Sunday for a weekend total of 13,932. “This is a reduced season for Playland so we’re going to have less attendance in the aggregate than we would in other years,” Latimer said. The county’s beach at Playland drew 714 visitors on Saturday and 1,417 on Sunday for a weekend total of 2,131. Overall, the county’s beaches and pools drew a total of 8,346 people over the weekend. “The parks and recreation of Westchester County, part of the quality of life in this county, really
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CT ‘in a good place’ with voting reforms, outgoing Secretary of the State Merrill says BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com
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was cranking on all cylinders over the weekend,” espite the various Latimer said. election issues Leading up to opening — especially votday at Playland, invited ing rights — that have been TWB Loan Decision officials, other guests in the national headlines, Bannerand Ad members of the 6” wmedia x 1.5” h Denise Merrill is sanguine 7-6-21 went to the park Friday about their state of play afternoon of June 25 for a here. preopening opening. “Connecticut I conThere was a remindsider to be pretty well seter that the virus still is tled,” she told the Business » PLAYLAND 8 Journal. “We’re in a good
place.” Although she did not say that that opinion played a part in her decision not to run for a fourth term in 2022, announced late last month, the outgoing secretary of the state gave the impression that she believed the issue is for all intents and purposes solved. Instead, she expects to remain involved with the movement — mostly Democratic — to franchise
all voters on a national level. Merrill has been a strong advocate for a pair of state initiatives that would allow for early voting, which will likely be on the 2022 ballot, and for no-excuse absentee voting, expected to be on the 2024 ballot after Republican lawmakers opposed its inclusion for next year. Both measures will » VOTING REFORMS
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