Mark Hanley, rocking a grease-stained button down that suggests an adeptness with power tools, is gripping the handle of drill. He points out patches of poison ivy lurking along the fence near a ...

Graveside DIY was an open secret in the skate boarding community. The skate park, built by skaters, carpenters and concrete finishers, was continually upgraded and changed with skate ramps and pads.

Some call the site an eyesore, but to Harford County skateboarding community members, “Ledgewood” is their paradise. It’s a grassroots skatepark in Edgewood built on the deteriorating pink-and-green ...