TOWN OF MANCHESTER               PARK DIVISION                               PRESS RELEASE

The Manchester Park Division has scheduled fertilizer &/or pesticide applications to be made at the following properties between April 14 & June 30, 2007.  These applications will be made by personnel licensed by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.

Board of Education properties will not receive pesticide applications while school is in session.

Board of Education properties:

Manchester High School- all grounds

Illing baseball & softball fields

Keeney School- softballfield

Robertson School- ballfield, fence lines, pool, shrub beds

Waddell School- Bagshaw Field & pool

Verplanck School-  ballfields, pool

Buckley School- ballfields

Bowers School- ballfield

Highland School- ballfield

Nathan Hale- ballfield

Washington School- West Side Pool & Recreation areas

Town properties:

Mt. Nebo        

Charter Oak Park

Bennet athletic fields- on Charter Oak St.

Bennet building on Main St.

Center Springs Park

Center Park

all Town buildings in the center of town

Vietnam Park

Munro Park

Senior Center, Manchester Green

YWCA, Whitton Library

Buckland- islands & shrub beds

Buckland ballfield

New State Rd. ballfield

Leber Field

Landfill entrance & Dog Pound

Wilfred Rd.- fence lines

Waddell Pre-School

Hartford Rd. Bike Trail

Nike ballfield & around buildings

Cheney Hall, Antique Firehouse & bicycle kiosk

Pine & Walnut- shrub beds

Hilliard & Westerly- shrub beds

Colonial & Sheldon & Progress- shrub beds

Spruce & Birch- shrub beds

Salters- pool & grounds

Globe Hollow Pool & grounds

Hillstown Rd.- soccer fields, shrub beds, parking lot & cemetery

Kennedy Rd.- soccer fields & shrub beds

Northwest Park