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MONROE, CT — Steve Winkel pushed the merry-go-round, spinning his giggling six-year-old daughter Sophie and a boy she was playing with at The Wolfe’s Den Playground at Wolfe Park Friday morning. Read More
MONROE, CT — Whirring sounds of drills and circular saws filled the air Sunday, as an army of volunteers swarmed the construction site for The Wolfe’s Den playground, climbing ladders, using cement mixers and assembling components, all in a final flurry to finish the project on day six, the last day of the community build. Read More
MONROE, CT — Children made colorful chalk drawings under a tent, mobbed Denny, the wolfe mascot, and took nature walks along the scenic trail at Wolfe Park Sunday afternoon. Read More
MONROE, CT — A network of ramps on the construction site at Wolfe Park shows the Monroe Playground Foundation’s commitment to building a playground that’s inclusive for children of all abilities. Read More
MONROE, CT — Posts for The Wolfe’s Den Playground jutted out of the ground on the construction site at Wolfe Park early Wednesday evening, a sure sign of progress. Read More
MONROE, CT — Amanda Bean and other women worked at a check-in table at Wolfe Park Tuesday, signing-in volunteers, giving them a T-shirt and assigning them to teams for the community build of The Wolfe’s Den Playground. Read More
MONROE, CT — Build week for The Wolfe’s Den, a new playground replacing Kids Kreations at Wolfe Park, was still over a week away Sunday morning, when volunteers used shovels, wheel barrows and heavier duty construction equipment to literally lay the groundwork for the project. Read More
This story is dedicated to the memory of late Kids Kreations Playground building committee members Carol Wright and Bill Reilly.
MONROE, CT — A crowd surrounded a time capsule on the floor inside Town Hall’s Council Chambers Tuesday evening. Read More
MONROE, CT – A worker using a backhoe to take down the old, wooden Kids Kreations Playground at Wolfe Park, to make way for The Wolfe’s Den playground, uncovered a time capsule buried by children and families when Kids Kreations was built in 1992. Read More
MONROE, CT – Monroe Playground Foundation members hope a generous donation from the Monroe Lions Club will inspire others to donate at a time when supply chain issues and a scarcity of materials brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic drove up the cost of The Wolfe’s Den, a project to replace the Kids Kreation Playground at Wolfe Park. Read More