Popular Penny Park in central Evanston may have exceeded the life expectancy of most wood playgrounds similar in construction, but residents aren’t ready to demolish it and replace it with a new ...

Trustees said they didn’t anticipate the overwhelming, passionate, reaction they received after announcing on Facebook last Friday that the playground would be disassembled beginning Aug. 26.

Parks consultants told Evanston officials recently that Penny Park, the city’s only wooden playground and a recreation place for generations of families, could be restored to near its original ...

Post said the original budget for the playground project was around $125,000, which Post said they surpassed. Wooden playgrounds like Kids Created Kingdom are unique, Post explained.

ROXBURY -- The wooden playground is nothing except what you make of it. At first glance, it looks like many other playgrounds that dot towns throughout New Jersey. Use a little imagination ...

The Consumer Product Safety Commission scared parents this week about wood playground equipment causing cancer in children. It’s another case of a make-believe health risk leading to very real ...

High levels of arsenic found in the wood doomed many of them about 10 years ago. Hamburg’s playground, which has been maintained regularly, was tested several times and never had high arsenic ...

2003-02-08 04:00:00 PDT Washington-- Scientists at the Consumer Products Safety Commission said Friday that children playing on millions of outdoor wood playground sets nationwide faced an ...

ANSONIA >> The wooden playground at the Ansonia Nature Center that thousands of kids have played on for the past 25 years was torn down Tuesday due to safety concerns.

The Junior League began garnering community support to get the $110,000 structure built. Schools put out large jars for kids to contribute for a Pennies-for-the-Playground fundraiser ...

KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — Neighbors in Knollwood are looking to replace a 30-year-old wooden playground. The neighborhood has already come together to help keep the playground nice, with ...