A Phillips girl makes her way across a horizontal ladder Thursday morning at Bass Park in Wilton.
Bass Park
Bass Park gets surprise donation; future plans announced
WILTON — The circular drive at Bass Park was barricaded Wednesday after future plans for the park were announced Tuesday night. Signs will be posted urging drivers to use the new parking lot off Gilbert Street, Town Manager Rhonda Irish told those gathered for a ribbon cutting celebration of the new parking area. The park […]
Bass Park lot grand opening celebrated
WILTON — A grand opening and ribbon-cutting for the Bass Park parking lot will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 7. Those involved in the purchase of the property and construction of the parking lot will be thanked and the next plan for the park will be announced. Selectmen will meet at 7 p.m. […]
Parking area for Wilton’s Bass Park nears completion
WILTON — A new parking area for Bass Park, started with help from a Wilton couple, is nearing completion. “We need a little more time but not much,” Town Manager Rhonda Irish said. “There’s more work to do but we’re getting there.” Irish was speaking of work to clear the land located on Gilbert Street North, […]
‘It’s incredible’: Fans enjoy first East Coast Snocross event in Bangor
BANGOR — Bangor’s Nelson Savage remembers when he and other members of the Bangor Jaycees would spend weeks preparing Bass Park in Bangor for the annual snowmobile races around the harness track oval in the 1960s and ‘70s. “Every winter, people would look forward to it. When they stopped, it left a void,” said Savage. […]
Wilton to expand Bass Park with anonymous $30,000 gift
WILTON — An anonymous couple has stepped forward to offer a $30,000 gift to purchase land and help build a parking area behind Bass Park. The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Tuesday to receive the gift with thanks to the couple. After reading in the papers that the project might be put off till next […]