Public works director leaving for North Bend
June 5, 2014
By Christina Corrales-Toy
Mark Rigos, outgoing Newcastle Public Works director, with his son Alexander, speaks at the May Creek Trail ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 15.
Newcastle Public Works Director Mark Rigos has only worked with the city for three years, but his impact on the community is so great that when he announced his resignation, at least one resident became emotional at the thought of losing him. Read more
Little Rhody Park comes to fruition
May 1, 2014
The first person to officially climb the stairs of Little Rhody Park’s new playground was, surprisingly, not a child.
It was Corin Carper, one of the neighbors who volunteered his time to help build the community’s new slide and play structure at an April 12 work party.
By Christina Corrales-Toy
Neighborhood volunteers and city staff construct the new Little Rhody Park playground April 12.
Carper has children that will benefit from the new playground, but they will never get to say they were the first ones on it.
