Behind the Headlines

By Charles Slat
Passersby might have noticed a lot of excavation work going on recently at St. Mary’s Park.
That was the city “installing” more event seating.
Actually, the City of Monroe Department of Public Services did some plastic surgeon-like sculpting of the landscape to rid the venue of a grassy knoll near the bandshell.
The knoll was flattened and soil carted away to leave an even plane with the rest of the park. Seems the knoll was an obstacle for those attending events at the park and was most noticeably an obstacle during the annual River Raisin Jazz Festival. The knoll itself and festival-goers who used it for seating obstructed the views of a lot of people behind them.
From now on, the park will be a level playing field for all those attending.