To the Editor:

As a relatively new pickleball player, I regularly started playing at the beginning of the summer at Long Beach Township’s 68th Street courts after playing at home in Bethesda, Md., during the spring season. I asked the “pickleball ambassador” about the possibility of getting a backboard for practice and was given the response: “Oh, we don’t need that,” upon which I further inquired about whom I needed to follow up with concerning the possibility of obtaining it.

After several calls to the township contacting Commissioner Bayard, in late August I finally received a firm no after…

October 12, 2022