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Gillette Stadium neighbors can no longer charge fans for parking

By Michele Morgan Bolton

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  May 17, 2012

The end of the road has come for a time-honored, but illegal, tradition in neighborhoods near Gillette Stadium in Foxborough where homeowners looking to make a quick buck have charged fans attending games and other large public events to park on their lawns and driveways. On Monday, Town Meeting voters narrowly agreed by a vote of 73 to 50 to discontinue the practice and charge a $100 fine per vehicle per day for violators.

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