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Neighbors urge council to reconsider Swenson Field plan; council hesitates to spend design funds after recent ballot defeat
Summary
Public comment at the Bedford Town Council’s June 25 meeting raised strong neighborhood opposition to a proposed little‑league complex at Swenson Field, and councilors signaled they were reluctant to fund new design work for the site after a recent ballot defeat.
Public comment at the Bedford Town Council’s June 25 meeting raised strong neighborhood opposition to a proposed little‑league complex at Swenson Field, and councilors signaled they were reluctant to fund new design work for the site after a recent ballot defeat.
Roy Carey, who said he lives at 8 Hancock Drive across McQuade Brook from Swenson Field, told the council the earlier March election rejected a little‑league plan “in part because Bedford taxpayers did not want numerous lighted fields, a concession stand, a restroom facility, and a PA system in a residential area.” Carey urged the council to reconsider upgrading the Nashua Road complex instead, noting Nashua Road has a nearby sewer line…
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