Near-Drowing at Larchmont Resevoir Shows Why New Rochelle Parks Department Cautious on Ice Skating
The Loop has more on the story of Thomas Heslin, an area resident who nearly drown when he ran out onto the ice at the Larchmont to chase after his dog.
Some New Rochelle residents have been critical of the Parks Department for showing an abundance of caution in closing local lakes to skating on January 28th, two weeks after the lake surfaces were determined to be safe for skating. Parks Commissioner Bill Zimmermann tells Talk of the Sound that Heslin's fall through the ice should be a lesson to area residents who might venture onto frozen lake surfaces.
"Surface thickness can be deceiving and very unsafe", said Zimmermann, "Our standard requirement for safe ice thickness is 4 inches from center
to edges"
The New Rochelle Parks and Recreation Department opened and maintained the city-owned lakes and ponds this winter with daily checks for ice
thickness and plowing when conditions warranted, from January 16-28,
2009.
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- Mason has 5 pts. Torres has 9 despite foul trouble... Jabarie Hinds held to 5 so far. Horace copeland leads mv with 8. White has 9 rebs
- William robinson makes a putback at the buzzer (ok, maybe a second after) to give mt vernon a 38-31 lead on new ro at half.
- LMBOOOO yo nuff laughs yo http://myloc.me/3CYD8
- #MM ima beat I bet she let me, she be fiendin since she met me, in my beamer benz or bentley
- This game is LIVE!
- #youknowyousprung if u beg ... got em beggin all the time
- Had such a nice lunch and getting my clothing ready fo a shoot! Yeyaa! Shouldn't of had that La blanch dessert with all that ice cream
- Mv leads new ro 17-12 after one. Jabarie hinds has 5 pts
- 9-0 run for mv. Lead new ro 17-8 with 220 left in 1st
- Mv winning 13 8
- Its odee pack over here!!! Damn!
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