Local Voices: New Park, Lifeline Phones

Here are a few of the best Local Voices posts this week on Baltimore city and county Patch sites.

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First New Perry Hall Park and Trail in a Decade: County Councilman David Marks writes about funding to complete Gough Park that's included in the next fiscal year's county budget

RINGING REBUKE — Maryland named No. 2 abuser of federal free cellphone program: Alan Z. Forman writes about FCC officials' admission in congressional testimony that twice as many cell phones are distributed under the agency's lifeline program than there are people who qualify for them.

Worried about How Your Child Relates to Others?: A Jewish Community Services therapist writes about social issues in children.