Pictured left to right: Cedar Pruitt, Megan Anapolle and Jacqueline Freeman of Friends of Albemarle, Mayor Marc Laredo, Parks Commissioner Marc Welch, and Community Services Chief John Rice. We met today to discuss how we can be most effective collaborators as we all work together to imagine the future of Albemarle and bring it toContinue reading “Successful City-Resident Partnership”
Category Archives: City Planning
Cheesecake Brook
Check out this great 2-minute video from Charles River Watershed Association about the restoration work on the wetlands at Albemarle:youtube.com/watch?v=iRp8_z_tFrc Bonus – you’ll see our legendary former Parks Director Luis Perez Demorizi!
Field Notes: Friends of Albemarle Newsletter Spring 2026
Dear Friends, Albemarle changes daily during this historic spring season – it will never look this way again, and it will not even look like this tomorrow! Last week, I gaped at the gorgeous new basketball court… and then at the lights along the path. Then I thought, wait, PATH?? At that moment, two children bikedContinue reading “Field Notes: Friends of Albemarle Newsletter Spring 2026”
New lights and new path!
So exciting to see the new lights and the new path going in! Already getting some use as a space to bike through the park. Isn’t it cool to see the path being built and to think about all the joyful walks and rolls that will happen here? Creating connection, taking time outside, and movingContinue reading “New lights and new path!”
A Historical Spring
It’s hard to believe but these photos will be considered historical at some point! We will look back and say we remember all that equipment. Doing…something! Pictured are new lights at Murphy, the gorgeous new basketball court poured and netted, impressive machines and…. kids practicing on whatever field they can get on.
Cheesecake Brook: wetlands work is underway
The development of the new version of Albemarle includes investment in the wetlands. Cheesecake Brook is a tributary of the Charles River and part of a large watershed that receives water from a third of the city. In addition to several species of native fish, the Brook has been found to contain eels!
Play ball! (soon!)
Getting Albemarle ready for some good games.
Field Notes: Friends of Albemarle Newsletter Winter 2026
Dear Friends, I was starting to think we’d have to become Friends of the Tundra, but I have it on good authority that the ground is under there somewhere. Construction: How’s it Going?Short answer: Fantastic! The contractors are hard at work and on schedule. Scenes: On the Path to Pathways Gosh That’s A Lot ofContinue reading “Field Notes: Friends of Albemarle Newsletter Winter 2026”
Gosh that’s a lot of construction
Field Notes: Fall 2025 Newsletter
Friends, It’s a time of transition. Many of the beautiful leaves are still with us…for a little while longer. As are the construction vehicles.Field UpdateThe synthetic turf field was fully installed as of early October and supports play of all kinds. This is the only community synthetic turf access in Newton, and it’s exciting to see it getting regularContinue reading “Field Notes: Fall 2025 Newsletter”
