LINCOLN - Four town areas popular with youth will be named "Safe Zones" if residents of those areas OK the idea.

The Town Council voted 4-1 Monday night to tentatively approve naming Prince Thomas Park, Ballard Hill Community Center, the Washington Street playground, and the Little League fields behind Hannaford as Safe Zones.

The next step, Town Manager Glenn Aho said, is for police Chief Hank Dusenbery to contact residents who live within 1,000 feet of those areas to hold a community meeting to allow them to voice their opinions on the plan.

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