Rec Commission sets Oct. 7 target for field decision
Pepperell's Recreation Commission held over softball and soccer field requests until its Sept. 16 meeting, with a decision targeted by Oct. 7. Chair David Ganong and Michael Dean met without Alan Leao and approved the minutes.
Recreation Commission · Meeting of September 9, 2026
Pepperell's Recreation Commission held over softball and soccer field requests until its Sept. 16 meeting, with a decision targeted by Oct. 7. Chair David Ganong and Michael Dean met without Alan Leao and approved the minutes. Softball president Matt Thomas asked for exclusive use of Townfield, Lower Varnum and Upper Varnum for 2027, plus fall use of two.
A commission member said "we have a field shortage" and described design bids for a softball complex that exceeded available CPC money. DPW's Derek said the skate park should be finished before October, and the community center painting quote was about $13,000.
In the full story:
- PEPPERELL — September 9, 2026 —
- Meeting setup and minutes
- Skate park update
- Field requests
- Softball fields RFP and master plan data
- Capital funding
- Community center cleaning and painting
- Winter skating
- Other items and calendar
- Who Was There
- Organizations And Documents Referenced
- The complete report: 1,315 words
Source: the Recreation Commission meeting of September 9, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.
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