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Resident seeks reimbursement after repeated foul balls; board discusses backstop upgrades for ballot
Summary
A Swansea resident reported repeated foul balls striking vehicles near the ball field and sought reimbursement; select board and staff discussed short-term fixes and a proposed longer-term backstop height increase that could be a capital-improvement question on a future ballot.
A Swansea resident who lives at 6 Mill Lane told the select board on July 23 that multiple foul balls from the nearby ball field have struck his cars and that he has two repair estimates of about $800 and $1,000. He asked the board for help pursuing reimbursement and described a vendor assessment that found the existing backstop would not support a simple 6-to-8-foot overhang without additional brackets.
The resident said he had tried to resolve the problem directly with the local Cal Ripken League and that a league contact named Kyle had at one point indicated the league would pay half the repair; that pledge, the resident said, later fell through. The resident also told the board he…
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