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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 — Volunteers took turns climbing a ladder and drilling in a screw on the giant Wolfe’s Den sign at the entrance to the new playground the community built at Wolfe Park Friday afternoon. 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 — 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
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 – Maple Craft Foods of Sandy Hook will donate 30 percent of the sales from the Monroe Playground Foundation’s “Make Life Sweet” fundraiser to The Wolfe’s Den Playground project at Wolfe Park. 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
MONROE, CT — Children created their own Christmas ornaments and wrote letters to Santa, which were mailed directly to the North Pole, as families shopped at the Holiday Store and feasted on country-style breakfasts that included eggs, pancakes and bacon among the menu options. Read More
MONROE, CT — Dan Keene remembers the pride he felt bringing his two children to a playground in Montgomery, Penn., where he grew up. Read More