Tree Tech ‘About 75 Percent’ Done Clearing 5 Acres for New Athletic Fields Behind Foxborough High

Turf’s Up president Jim DeVellis checks in with Foxborough Patch to provide a community update on the turf field project at Foxborough High School.

For more town news and instant updates on stories like this (and more!), follow Foxborough Patch on Facebook and Twitter, or sign-up for our e-mail newsletter. While many are enjoying school vacation this week, Tree Tech and Turf’s Up volunteers are busy clearing five acres of land behind Foxborough High School in preparation for the construction of new baseball, softball and field hockey fields as part of the community turf field project. “We took advantage [of the school vacation] to get some work done to minimize disruption for the kids,” said Turf’s Up president Jim DeVellis. DeVellis said despite a “short disruption” from the Blizzard of 2013, volunteers from Tree Tech are about 75 percent complete with clearing the five acres behind …

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5 Things You Need To Know Today

5 Things: A’Cappella Concert at Foxborough High School, Turf Field Update, Democratic Caucus Postponed & More

Here's five things you need to know in Foxborough for today, Feb. 7.

Editor's note: Five Things You Need To Know Today is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. If you know of something happening in town that did not make our list, please add it in the comment section! Today’s weather in Foxborough, according to the National Weather Service based in Taunton, calls for a partly sunny, with a high near 24. North wind around 6 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon. Thursday night: A slight chance of snow after 2 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17. Calm wind becoming east around 6 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent. Foxborough High School’s A’Cappella students will perform in concert in the Foxborough High School auditorium at 7 p.m. …

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Around Town: Future of Invensys in Foxborough, Turf Field Update, Jazz Symposium & More

Here's a roundup of events and meetings in Foxborough this week, Feb. 4-10.

Editor’s note: Want to promote an event or share an announcement on Foxborough Patch? Click here to add your event to our calendar or here to publish an announcement! The following meetings and events will be held in Foxborough this week: Board of Health, 7 p.m., Andrew Gala Meeting Room, Town Hall Foxborough’s Board of Health will meet Monday to review septic maintenance contract with Erik McKenzie of 33 Windsor Dr. At 7:30 p.m. BOH will address time as a public health control, variance requirement for McDonald’s on 212 North St. Other topics of discussion include: Board of Water & Sewer Commissioners, 7 p.m., Water Department Office, Town Hall Board will discuss sewer funding model at 7 p.m. and review/finalize/vote and sign the …

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Week in Review

Week in Review: Foxborough Says ‘Yes’ to Turf Field, Dunkin’ Donuts Robbed, Hit and Run Arrest and More

A recap of this week's headlines from Dec. 8-14.

Miss anything in Foxborough this week? Here's your chance to sit back and catch up on some Patch. Below is a recap of this week’s biggest headlines on Foxborough Patch: Foxborough Police Looking for Suspect in Dunkin' Donuts Robbery Foxborough police may have a lead in its investigation of an unarmed robbery that took place at a local Dunkin’ Donuts Tuesday night and are asking the public for further assistance in identifying the suspect. “We have a photo [of the suspect],” Foxborough Chief of Police Edward O’Leary said. … “We are just hoping that with some help from the public [someone will recognize the suspect] and that will be the trigger to have him identified.” The unarmed robbery reportedly took place around 10:20 p.m. Tuesday at …

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Foxborough Voters Approve Turf Field Project at Tuesday's Special Town Meeting

Foxborough's voters said "yes" to building a community turf field at the high school during Tuesday's Special Town Meeting.

Editor's note: This story will be updated. Foxborough is finally getting a turf field. After years of planning, fundraising and volunteering, Turf's Up's proposal passed its final test Tuesday at Special Town Meeting when 260 of 389 voters said "yes" to Article 6, effectively bringing a community turf field to Foxborough High School. Turf's Up is a local committee comprised of volunteers and chaired by Foxborough resident and Board of Seletmen chair James DeVellis. The committee's vision for a turf field in Foxborough began four years ago and culminated Tuesday night when Article 6 passed Special Town Meeting, 260-129. By approving Article 6, the town agreed to appropriate $125,000 from the town's Overlay Surplus to be used for the …

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Turf's Up Provides Informational Brochure on Community Turf Field Project

Residents will decide whether or not the town be getting a turf field at Foxborough High School when they vote on Article 6 at the Dec. 11 Special Town Meeting. Turf's Up has submitted an informational brochure to answer questions about the project.

Foxborough residents attending the Dec. 11 Special Town Meeting at Foxborough High School will decide the fate of the proposed community turf field project (Article 6 on the warrant). Turf's Up, a community group behind the turf field project has spent the past four years putting together a proposal. To help answer several questions about the project, Turf's Up has created an informational brochure that includes reasons why you should vote "yes" on Article 6 on Dec. 11. To view the brochure, click the PDF file found in the photo gallery above. Foxborough's School Committee has supported Turf's Up's project, the Advisory Committee opposed it and Foxborough's Board of Selectmen were split. A closer look at the project's proposed funding can …

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A Closer Look at Proposed Funding for Foxborough’s Turf Field Project

Here’s a breakdown of how Phase I of the proposed community turf field will be funded if approved at the Dec. 11 Special Town Meeting.

When voters review the proposed community turf field project at the Dec. 11 Special Town Meeting they will be deciding whether or not to appropriate $125,000 from the town’s Overlay Surplus account and use the remaining $1 million from the high school renovation project to help fund the $1,619,000 of the project. "Basically, we are looking at $430,000 between donations, in-kind services and the NFL grant," said Foxborough Schools Business Manager Bill Yukna. "We are looking at $1 million that is the current balance of the high school renovation project, which the town has already funded and appropriated." Furthermore, Foxborough's School Committee voted its Nov. 26 meeting to appropriate $75,000 from the school’s building revolving account…

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Dennis Naughton

11:37 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012

Suggestion: The New England Council of Schools and Colleges visited and evaluated Foxborough High School March 25-28, 2012. Subsequently, they wrote a comprehensive evaluative report. The entire 87 page report is available on the Foxborough High School website. While there was a mention of playing fields (see p. 75, 78, 82-83, 87 for anything relating to the fields of any subsance), it was hardly…   more ›