City to decide whether to allow use of artificial grass in commercial projects
On the lawn of the Tuckaway Apartments at Frontier, it looks like Tiger Woods could play through at any moment. The grass, of course, isn’t grass. It is synthetic turf, and other than for use on sports fields, the city’s commercial landscape code says it is prohibited.

Meeting of the minds on fake pot
Students were among those who spoke up at a session in Essex County, helping to make a plan to combat the dangers of synthetic marijuana.

Glen Rock school board trustee debates safety of turf fields
Contradictory statistics about the relative safety of synthetic and natural grass playing fields became the subject of a lively debate at the Jan. 9 Glen Rock Board of Education meeting.

PREP SOCCER: Sport reaches higher ground on turf surfaces
Joga bonito translates to "beautiful game." The term has been inextricably linked to the sport of soccer, which at the highest level is a blend of sport and art — ballet with a ball — that the phrase invokes.

Meeting of the minds
Students were among those who spoke up at a session in Essex County, helping to make a plan to combat the dangers of synthetic marijuana.

Arlington athletic venues to get leftover 1999 bond money
School fields, tracks and tennis courts will be upgraded.

Bedford Town Meeting voters to decide synthetic turf field issue
An article to make Sabourin Field into a synthetic turf field for $1.087 million will be on this year’s annual Town Meeting warrant, but it is still unknown whether it will be at the request of the selectmen or through a citizen’s petition process.

Synthetic dagga claims to be legal
It gives you a powerful high, is impossible to detect, and is legal. So claim the distributors of Nitro Grass, whose website boasts that its product is 100 percent legal and creates a high similar to that of dagga.

Lambeau surface kept safe and soft through technology
The playing surface at Lambeau Field is like your backyard except that it has a hydronic heating system underneath it, a sand base, synthetic fibers woven into the grass and growing lights above it 24 hours a day during the growing season.

Synthetic turf a real edge for Ravens?
The Baltimore Ravens were perfect at home during the regular season and a .500 team on the road, which explains why they were desperate to host at least one playoff game this month.