Please Note: DeKorte Park will be closed on Christmas Day and will reopen at 8 am on Saturday, Dec. 26. The park will also be closed on New Year’s Day and reopen at 8 am on Saturday, Jan. 2.
Daily Archives: December 24, 2015
Don Torino’s Life in the Meadowlands: Mill Creek Point Park
My first quest to search out Mill Creek Point Park in Secaucus had me turning down a narrow street more suited for a horse and buggy than a car. The pocket-sized street turned into another and then another and just as I was ready to give in and do the most emasculating thing possible and ask for directions, the street began to enlarge until I glanced to my left and saw Spartina grasses moving in the marshlands like emerald waves in a sea green.
As I cruised cautiously ahead a big welcoming sign that read, “Mill Creek Point Park, ” came into view. I stopped and opened the car door and the effervescent, bubbly sounds of the Marsh Wrens filled the air from every direction. That’s when I knew I must in the right place for sure.