Charlestown park named for Sgt. Ben Bertram
By: Brooke McAfee, newsandtribune.com
CHARLESTOWN — As a child, Sgt. Ben Bertram lived and played in the Glendale neighborhood of Charlestown. As an adult, he served the city for nine years as a police officer before he was killed in the line of duty.
Now, a new park just around the corner from where he grew up is named in his honor.
On Saturday, community members gathered to remember the fallen police officer as the Ben Bertram Memorial Park was officially dedicated at a ceremony. The space at Lafawn Drive, which recently opened to the public, is the first of multiple “pocket parks” planned for Charlestown neighborhoods.
