Skatepark Night At Gille Park Coming Up On Friday

LACEY TOWNSHIP, NJ — It's spring, sort of, and it's time for 'Friday Night Lights' at Gille Park.

The popular skate park event kicks off at 6 p.m. on April 20.

The skate park will be open from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. A live DJ will start playing music at 7 p.m. The Lacey Township police department and local fire companies will provide the lighting for the event.

Lacey police and Lacey and Lanoka Harbor EMS will also be on hand.

The event will also include a mobile gaming trailer provided by "Party Crashers" from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Age appropriate games will be available for the kids. The "Party Crashers" mobile gaming trailer has participated in prior Gille Park Skate Park Evening events, prior Lacey Day events, as well as numerous other events throughout Ocean County.

The mobile gaming trailer is sponsored by the Lacey Municipal Police Foundation and the Lacey Municipal Alliance.

The skate park is specifically for the use of skateboards, scooters, and in-line skates. Bicycles are not permitted. All users are required to wear a helmet in the skate park at all times, and follow all of the posted skate park rules. Bottled water will be permitted in the park.

Additional 2018 skate park evening events will be all be held on the following Fridays — May 4, May 18, June 1, Sept. 7, Sept. 21, Oct. 5, Oct. 19, and Nov. 2, 2018. Additional dates may be announced.

"Friday Night Lights" debuted in August 2016, when Lacey police partnered with the recreation department, the Lacey Municipal Alliance, and the Lacey Municipal Police Foundation, to open the Skate Park for Lacey Township residents, every other Friday evening.

If anyone has any questions about the skate park events, or becoming involved with these events, please contact the Lacey Township Recreation Department at 609-693-1100 ext. 2203.

Photo: Courtesy of Lacey Township police department