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The Chicago Cubs have been dismissed from a lawsuit filed against the team by a fan blinded by a foul ball at Wrigley Field, but the ruling by a Cook County judge on Wednesday doesn’t mean the case is closed. The team and Major League Baseball were sued last fall over the injury, but both organizations petitioned the court to drop them from the lawsuit. … Read More

Safety first. Heading into the 2018 season, every Major League stadium will have expanded netting that extends, at minimum, to the far end of each dugout. Dozens of Minor League teams have followed MLB’s lead, with the simple goal of minimizing injuries related to foul balls and bats entering the stands. The push for expanded netting began in earnest in … Read More

BURLINGTON – The Planning Board continues to be the most thorough town government body in history after spending over two hours talking about Northeastern University’s expansion proposal at its George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security on South Bedford Street. Northeastern University recently filed a site plan to construct a 104,000-square-foot building on its Burlington campus. This is considered … Read More

Syracuse, N.Y. — Fans sitting behind the dugouts at NBT Bank Stadium will have some extra protection from stray baseballs and bats beginning this season. Syracuse Chiefs general manager Jason Smorol announced at an open house on Saturday that the team is expanding its safety netting. The new netting will run from the outside end of the home dugout to … Read More

In December, the Indians announced that protective netting would be installed at Progressive Field ahead of the 2018 regular season. The netting will be extended from behind home plate to the ends of both dugouts. Canopy nets will be stretched farther down the third base line. As MLB.com’s Anthony Castrovince reported on Wednesday, installation of the netting began. He tweeted a … Read More

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – The Myrtle Beach Pelicans are trying to make going to the ballpark safer. TicketReturn.com Field will look a little different this season to protect fans from getting hit by foul balls. The Pelicans announced Wednesday that they will extend protective netting in front of every section along the first- and third-base lines. Myrtle Beach Pelicans president Andy Milovich says baseball fans … Read More

DENVER —  A giant new scoreboard won’t be the only change coming to Coors Field for the 2018 season. The Rockies announced Monday they will begin installing new protective netting behind home plate. The new netting will be made with an upgraded material, the team said. The netting will be extended at the same height to the end of each dugout. “Ensuring … Read More

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers joined the chorus, like every team throughout Major League Baseball, in expanding its protective netting for the 2018 season. The netting at Dodger Stadium will extend to the ends of both dugouts, and will be in place by the Freeway Series, with games against the Angels in Los Angeles on March 26-27. In addition, the netting has also been … Read More

This one’s for the birds. After years of wear, the ripped netting that surrounds Houston’s largest wastewater treatment facility allows hundreds of birds each month to fly to grisly deaths inside sewage mixers, centrifuges and high-temperature dryers that stretch four-stories high. The city hopes a simple upgrade will help. City Council on Wednesday agreed to spend $85,285 to replace the … Read More

STAMFORD — The State Bond Commission has OK’d $20 million to replace the 60-year-old bridge that spans Interstate 95 on East Main Street, near where it intersects Courtland Avenue. The project is scheduled to go out to bid Feb. 28, according to a statement from state Sen. Carlo Leone and state Rep. Dan Fox, Democrats from Stamford. Funding for the … Read More