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I am an incoming freshman to Kearny High School and also an avid hockey player. My friends and I frequently visit the Hockey field, which is part of the “Riverbank Park Hockey Facility” located on Passaic Ave, Kearny New Jersey. In our recent visits, we’ve noticed how unkempt and neglected the field is. There are weeds and plants growing in the corners and alongside the boards of the rink. The benches are filled with trash and disposed products such as water bottles, paper cups, napkins, plastic bags, and many more. All the trash also attracts swarms of flies and other insects to fly around all over the benches and rinks. The advertisements and posters put up on the boards are all faded, parts are scratched off, and have graffiti on them, which gives the rink a somewhat trashy appearance. There are also small mounds of dirt, leaves, and trash on the rink itself, which can get in the way of a hockey game and can also mess up players shoes and or skates. There are also numerous cracks on the rink, although they seem small and harmless my skates have stopped over the cracks causing me to trip or fall. The only two goals are also ripped with holes in them and even torn off from the pipes, which the foundation of the goal is made from. Also if all these problems weren't bad enough, there are also people playing soccer on the rink as well. From the many soccer fields kearny has, people still manage to play soccer on the only hockey rink in Kearny. For example, me and a few other of my friends went down to play Hockey we encountered a group of people playing soccer on the rink. We politely asked them even to just share the rink, they said no and told us we could not play. Just to add, the rink also has a rule that says only hockey should be played on the rink, not soccer or any other sport. I would like a resolve to clean up the hockey rink, thank you for your time and consideration.