“We have lived in the Village for over 50 years and are grateful for the sounds of living that surround us. There are the sounds of hourly church bells, organ music, skateboarders, Ice hockey players, soccer & lacrosse games, parents cheering, summer campers, Graydon Pool swimmers, lawnmowers, teenage rock band practices, dogs barking, birds chirping, planes overhead, emergency vehicles rushing past day and night all these sounds remind us how FORTUNATE we are to have ears that hear and a town that accommodates people and life. There will come a time when all is silent. Today let us celebrate that people wish to be active and enjoy the Sounds of Life, including the relatively new sound of pickleball.”
This is a ridiculous comment. Tennis was never a “sound of life” in Salem Ridge but now pickle ball is. That says something. It’s great that they now have a place to play but it has added more noise pollution to an otherwise quiet neighborhood.
It is just new and different. You’ll get used to it like everything else.
To the “this is ridiculous” comment, where it is true that empty tennis courts and other underused Ridgewood public places, don’t make a lot of sounds, promoting underused public places can’t be the goal of a family-oriented community. It would be interesting to understand what your “noise pollution” views were when your kids were playing & attending sports events on the Glen School property?