City opening bids for Memorial Field project
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
While the project to remake War Memorial Field has been a local conversation point for months, it hasn’t yet made the leap from the drawing …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
While the project to remake War Memorial Field has been a local conversation point for months, it hasn’t yet made the leap from the drawing …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The long-debated resurfacing of War Memorial Field with artificial turf took a small but important step forward Feb. 5, when the Sandpoint City Council unanimously …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The Wednesday, Dec. 18 City Council meeting will include a number of hot-button issues.
First, the council will make a decision on whether to adopt …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The city of Sandpoint and consultant firm Bernardo Wills Architects hosted a public workshop Nov. 25 on the future design of War Memorial Field.
The …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It again fell to Mayor Shelby Rognstad to break a tie Nov. 20, as the Sandpoint City Council considered whether to approve a design contract …
By Cameron Rasmusson and Ben Olson
Reader Staff
A debate over whether to use natural or artificial turf in the Memorial Field renovation project is forcing people to question the …
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