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Marshfield athletic fields facing key vote

Preservation funds would add space for youth sports

By Jennette Barnes

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  April 12, 2012

A dearth of playing fields that has led Marshfield Youth Soccer to rent fields from Duxbury could be alleviated if Town Meeting approves a $985,000 appropriation. Existing fields at Marshfield High School, dubbed a “disgrace’’ by the president of the youth soccer club, will be rebuilt as the town reconstructs its high school campus over the next few years. But supporters say the town needs additional fields to accommodate some 1,200 soccer players and a growing lacrosse program.

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