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Name: 'He wanted everybody to have the opportunity to skate'
Uploaded: 2023-05-21T22:37:07.531Z
Duration: 1 min 35 s
Description: A Town of Riverhead skate park was renamed in honor of Wesley Dean Ackley, a passionate skateboarder who worked to keep the park free and died of cancer at 27 in January. NewsdayTV's Drew Scott reports.

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'He wanted everybody to have the opportunity to skate'

A Town of Riverhead skate park was renamed in honor of Wesley Dean Ackley, a passionate skateboarder who worked to keep the park free and died of cancer at 27 in January. NewsdayTV's Drew Scott reports.

MORE ON THIS TOPICRiverhead skate park renamed in honor of Wesley Ackley