Fed-up citizens trying to ban hoops, hockey nets in city streets

Fed-up citizens trying to ban hoops, hockey nets in city streets

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 5:51 p.m. ET

Some fed-up citizens in Peabody, Mass., are working to ban basketball and hockey nets from the city'€™s streets because they claim the goals are becoming too much of a nuisance.

The Salem News reported this week that some residents want the city to create an ordinance making it illegal to leave hoops and hockey nets in the streets. FOX 25 also outlined the story with a look at Tara Road, where things have become so bad that one unnamed resident has put "€œNo trespassing"€ signs on her property.

"She'€™s not happy about the ball bouncing on her property if, you know, they miss the net," neighbor Charles Kirby told FOX 25.

It must be a bummer to be a kid in a situation like this.  

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"€œThey stick too far out, and it'€™s dangerous because the kids were playing,"€ a resident told FOX 25.

Here'€™s a very helpful PSA on how to handle the situation, just for the people of Peabody:

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