The Village of Newark Valley has donated the location on Whig Street for a bike/skate park for the youth of the community. This park is named the Nick Wilson Memorial Park, in memory of Nicholas Wilson who died in Iraq on 2-12-06 while serving our country.

He was a Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class, EOD Mobile Unit 3. Nick grew up in Newark Valley and was a bmx biker, riding and working on the trails that were once at the Trout Ponds. Nick’s family and friends have joined the Village of Newark Valley to make the dream of having a safe place for our community’s youth to ride their bikes and skateboards a reality and have formed the Nick Wilson Memorial Park Fund Raising Committee.

Visit their site at www.nickspark.wetpaint.com for more information.