By MICHAEL LETENDRE For a long while now, the conversation of an all-weather field in Bristol stopped at places like Rockwell Park, the Boulevard and Page Park. Seemingly, every location came to a dead end, turned into a no-go and ultimately, there was just talk and very little action. Not any more. A new proposal was brought up at the recent field’s meeting this past week and instead of going with the one all-weather field, the deal could be for two playing surfaces – one for each public high school in town. “As of now, the proposal is to put in two [all-weather] fields, one at Bristol Eastern and one at Bristol Central,” said Bristol Eastern gym teacher Chris D’Amato. “But there still is a long process this has to go through. It has to go to the board of finance, it has to go to city council, but as of the field’s meeting last night (August 18), the proposal brought forward to that committee was to start looking at the two high schools to put the fields.” That proposal would still allow other leagues to use the fields after school is out of session and with two fields in […]
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