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Roosevelt Forest Closures

On Sunday morning, in the middle of the Labor Day weekend, I went to take a walk in Roosevelt Forest, only to find the gate locked and the forest "closed" yet again. It has been closed very frequently for a long time now, due primarily to police firing range training. A  check of the Town of Stratford website showed many additional scheduled closure dates due to police training, including every week day for an entire month between mid-October and mid-November. Whose police forces are we training beyond those of Stratford and why is Roosevelt Forest being closed to residents so often, including on holiday weekends when it should certainly be open. I am getting tired of this disregard for those of us who appreciate Roosevelt Forest.

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