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Community Outreach Centre concerns dominate Charlottetown meeting once again [Video]

Krystal Pirch says it’s no longer safe to send her children out to play in her neighborhood in the eastern end of Charlottetown.

Pirch was one of about 150 people to take part in a meeting, organized by concerned residents of the area, on the future of the Community Outreach Centre on Park Street in the capital city. 

“My children, they’re scared, they’re four and five, they used to play out in the front yard,” Pirch said during the meeting at the Eastlink Centre in Charlottetown.  

“They don’t anymore because of the needles — we’re scared — the crack pipes that were thrown.”

About 150 people came out for a meeting, organized by concerned residents of the area, on the future of the Community Outreach Centre on Park Street in Charlottetown. (Wayne Thibodeau/CBC)

Earlier this year, the provincial government moved the Community Outreach Centre from Euston Street to Park Street, …

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