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The Manchester Parks and Recreation Department and The Collaborative are considering an ordinance, which if ultimately approved, would ban smoking in the Rec Park.

The concept was first discussed several years ago when Ryan Scovil was director of the parks and recreation department, said Amy Herrmann, the department's interim director.

The two organizations had recently talked about banning smoking at Applejack Field and the grandstand, but decided to take the initiative further, Herrmann said.

"Upon further discussion we determined that it would be easier to make the whole park smoke free as opposed to one small piece of it being smoke free," Herrmann said.

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