Hannah Murphy and her mother, Deb Murphy, approach the microphone at Special Town Meeting, Oct. 22, 2018, in upper Town Hall. Murphy, a sixth-grade softball player, read a letter to the town pleading for funds to improve the ballfield on Ann Lees Road so that it can be used for softball in the spring. Softball players will be displaced from their current field next to the elementary school when construction of the new school begins. (Photo by Lisa Aciukewicz)