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Teen takes on Riverhead Town over skateboarding fee
Quick ReadWes Ackley's letter to Riverhead's town supervisor was so good that the town decided to reconsider its entire skateboard park fee structure.
Photo credit: Newsday / Ken Sawchuk | Wes Ackley, 14, poses with his skateboard. (Jan. 21, 2010)
Wes Ackley likes to skateboard. But he doesn't like paying $30 a year for a permit to use the town skateboard park in Riverhead.
So the Baiting Hollow student did what any well-taught ninth-grader would do: He wrote to the town supervisor. His letter was good - so good, in fact, the town decided to reconsider its entire skateboard park fee structure to see if it should cut them.
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