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Contents • September 2019 Features
10 Feature Story
Using Weather Station Data on Athletic Fields
Departments
12 Turf Talk
An Often Overlooked Weed Management Opportunity
14 Member Spotlight
NESTMA Member Jason Puopolo
On the cover: New England Revolution Training Center in Foxborough, MA. Learn more about the construction of this new $35-million state-of-the-art facility in an upcoming edition of The Blade.
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5 Index of Advertisers 6 President’s Message 7 Summer Field Day 8 Calendar of Events 9 Industry News
Officers
Directors
Board of Trustees
President Ben Polimer Town of Weston Weston, MA
Ed Ball Brewster Academy Wolfeboro, NH
Kim Britton Saint Anselm College Manchester, NH
President Elect Chris McGinty Framingham Parks Department Framingham, MA Treasurer Art Goodhind Town of Natick Natick, MA Secretary Brian Boesch University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI Past President Victoria Wallace UConn Extension Norwich, CT Special Advisor Mary Owen UMASS Turf Program Rochdale, MA
Mark Casey Finch Services, Inc. Andover, MA Mark DeWolf Wolfeboro, NH Ed Downing Read Custom Soils/ A.D. Makepeace Wareham, MA Matt McDonnell The Governor’s Academy Byfield, MA Ed Olsen Town of Needham Parks & Forestry Needham, MA Jason Puopolo Clark University Worcester, MA Andrew Walsh Pine Banks Park Malden, MA
Michael Buras, CSFM Longwood Cricket Club Chestnut Hill, MA John Cunniff Walpole, MA Management Team Virginia Wood, Executive Director Peggy Benjamin, Finance Kristen Dreyer, Education Carrie Martin, Registration Charissa Sharkey, Membership & Sponsors NESTMA Headquarters 8-D Pleasant Street South Natick, MA 01760 P: (508) 653-1241 F: (508) 653-4112 NESTMAinfo@gmail.com Published by: Leading Edge Communications, LLC 206 Bridge Street Franklin, TN 37064 P: (615) 790-3718 info@leadingedge communications.com
