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Blackstone Parks & Recreation approves $300 for temporary netting after neighbor safety concerns
Summary
After weeks of complaints about foul balls leaving Roosevelt Field, the Town of Blackstone Parks and Recreation approved up to $300 for interim netting over the field's backstop and asked staff to research longer-term retrofit options.
The Town of Blackstone Parks and Recreation meeting March 24 approved a $300 spending cap for maintenance staff to purchase and install temporary netting over the Roosevelt Field backstop to reduce pop-up foul balls reaching neighboring properties.
The decision followed a protracted discussion of whether a simple net would suffice or whether a larger canopy or retrofitted backstop would be necessary. Commissioners and maintenance staff debated mesh size, expected effectiveness and…
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