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🌱 Patch AM: Will Jamestown fund $40,000 netting to protect kids at Eldred Field?

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Hi Jamestown! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

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  • Will Jamestown fund $40,000 netting to protect kids at Eldred Field?

Also on today's calendar: **Postponed: September 26 Newport Comedy Series show** and 1 more event.

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📰 News we're reading

• Council seeks to mitigate ticks at Eldred Field (jamestownpress.com) — Jamestown officials are weighing whether to spend $40,000 on collapsible netting at Eldred Field to keep soccer balls and kids out of tick-filled brambles along East Shore Road. Council members are split over whether nets, landscaping, or organic spraying are the best way to protect children and improve the state-restricted parcel, and a committee will revisit options before the next meeting.
   

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