• Although the skies over W.W. Knight Park may not show it, spring is around the corner with birds singing as visitors stroll the nature trail and boardwalk.
    Although the skies over W.W. Knight Park may not show it, spring is around the corner with birds singing as visitors stroll the nature trail and boardwalk.

    The Wood County Park District is slowly but surely rebuilding its ranks following a number of key retirements at the end of 2021, including the director, assistant director and police chief.

    A new director, Chris Smalley, took the helm at the beginning of the year, and at the March 2 meeting, the commissioners announced the appointment of Steve Thomson of McClure to be the new park police chief. He…