MIDDLETOWN - Construction has begun on a $500,000 skate park on a grassy, vacant stretch of land near the corner of James and Union streets. The 10,000-square-foot concrete skate park near the Thrall Library - intended for skateboarders, BMX riders, inline skaters and scooter riders - is planned as the first element of what the city has dubbed "Erie Way Park."Future plans for the 1.5-acre park call for $1.6 million in upgrades that include a public art installation, the [...]