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New Bus Stop Improves Access To Stone Zoo, Middlesex Fells

The stop was added after safety improvements were completed at the zoo this summer.

L-R: DCR Commissioner Jim Montgomery, Rep. Michael Day, Sen. Jason Lewis, Stoneham Town Administrator Dennis Sheehan, Stoneham Select Board Chair Raymie Parker, Zoo New England Executive Vice President Cynthia Mead, and Stoneham Town Planner Erin Wortman
L-R: DCR Commissioner Jim Montgomery, Rep. Michael Day, Sen. Jason Lewis, Stoneham Town Administrator Dennis Sheehan, Stoneham Select Board Chair Raymie Parker, Zoo New England Executive Vice President Cynthia Mead, and Stoneham Town Planner Erin Wortman (Courtesy Ryan Hutton/Office of Sen. Jason Lewis)

STONEHAM, MA — Local officials recently celebrated the opening of a new bus stop that provides greater access to the Stone Zoo and Middlesex Fells.

Riders of the MBTA 132 bus can now use the new stop on Pond Street at the Stone Zoo and Greenwood Playground. The stop was added after traffic-calming and pedestrian safety improvements were completed at the zoo this summer.

The project was supported by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Stoneham's state legislators, town officials and the Stone Zoo.

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