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St. Mary's County recreation board asks commissioners for field maintenance funding and portable pitching mounds
Summary
The Recreation and Parks Board voted to ask county commissioners to provide funding to expand field maintenance staff beginning in March and to purchase portable pitching mounds so renovated fields can accommodate multiple sports and age divisions.
The St. Mary's County Recreation and Parks Board voted to ask the county commissioners to provide additional funding for park maintenance and staffing that would begin in March, and to include portable pitching mounds in the field improvement plan so renovated baseball and softball fields can accommodate multiple divisions.
Board member Donald Degraves moved the request after community representatives raised safety and access concerns about the county's field renovation plan. "A maintenance plan needs to be established as soon as possible," said Mr. Bean, speaking for the baseball and softball community, adding that without regular maintenance "this investment…
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