Town signs option for Hedlin's ballfield

Hedlin’s ballfield on Maple Avenue has played host to many triumphs for La Conner youth sports teams over the decades.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has sidelined practices and games there this spring, the nearly two-acre site is still scene of what some are calling a win-win situation.

This after the Town Council at its video-conferenced meeting last week committed $37,000 for a one-year option to purchase the Hedlin property for future mixed-use development of a public park/play area and residential housing.

The Council, which earlier this year had agreed in principle to picking up the option,...