Selectmen Give Town Green Light to Fund L-S Softball Field Project

Renovation of Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School’s softball field will be funded by the Town of Sudbury after the Board of Selectmen and L-S agreed to a late accord.

“There’s been a lot of back and forth with this,” Chariman John Drobinski said at the Board’s July 30 meeting, which was taped by SudburyTV.

The renovations, with a price tag of $274,000, will be paid for by Sudbury’s Community Preservation Act funds after the Selectmen voted to sign the contract. The CPA will contribute $256,000 while the rest is being paid for by an $18,000 donation from the Friends of Lincoln-Sudbury Softball.

"They will be able to make the award on deadline," Town Manager Maureen Valente said.

The Board was caught offguard when the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional School Committee announced work on the field would have to begin a month earlier than planned.

There was heavy debate during Sudbury’s Annual Town Meeting regarding the usage of the field by both Sudbury and Lincoln. Many Sudbury residents felt Lincoln wasn’t paying enough for many of the L-S projects.