Summer is being extended in one western Massachusetts city.
Municipal swimming pools in the city of Springfield will stay open one extra week. Mayor Domenic Sarno and several city councilors made the announcement Friday at the Forest Park pool.
" It is the right thing to do. Not only for our young people and their families for recreation and excercise but it helps on the public safety front that we keep our kids busy, " said Sarno.
The city council will vote at a special meeting to appropriate $41,000 to keep the pools open an additional week.
The city’s 8-week summer recreation program was cut back to six-weeks a few years ago when the parks department budget was cut by $4 million.
