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: Fields
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!
Pickle progress
Newton’s first pickleball courts, bright and sparkling! The surface will soon be ready for play.
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”
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.
Wet day and still they play
The newly installed turf at Albemarle is used on a daily basis this spring, even as trucks move around it and work. Day Middle uses it from 2:30-4 and Newton North from 4-6. On wet days when every other field is closed, this one is playable.
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
On the Path to Pathways
Curving paths are becoming real, and not just lines on a plan! Think of all the excited steps that will criss-cross here.
