This week on News Man Weekly, Carl, Zac and Hayden head into a three-week break with plenty to discuss, including a tense Mansfield town hall on police-community relations, a new pavilion bringing fresh life to Prospect Park and the first-ever Coney Fest in downtown Mansfield. Plus, Carl prepares for the approaching doom of winter by counting down his Top 5 places to see fall foliage across North Central Ohio.

Later, we sit down with Mansfield native Joe Robertson, a 71-year-old retired letter carrier who has turned a lifelong love of baseball into an extraordinary quest: visiting more than 900 ballparks. Robertson has seen every Major League Baseball stadium along with hundreds of minor league, independent and college fields across the country. He shares how the obsession began, his favorite parks and baseball memories, the adventures involved in planning trips around the game and the stadiums still left on his bucket list. 

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This week on News Man Weekly, Carl, Zac and Hayden head into a three-week break with plenty to discuss, including a tense Mansfield town hall on police-community relations, a new pavilion bringing fresh life to Prospect Park and the first-ever Coney Fest in downtown Mansfield. Plus, Carl prepares for the approaching doom of winter by counting down his Top 5 places to see fall foliage across North Central Ohio.
Later, we sit down with Mansfield native Joe Robertson, a 71-year-old retired letter carrier who has turned a lifelong love of baseball into an extraordinary quest: visiting more than 900 ballparks. Robertson has seen every Major League Baseball stadium along with hundreds of minor league, independent and college fields across the country. He shares how the obsession began, his favorite parks and baseball memories, the adventures involved in planning trips around the game and the stadiums still left on his bucket list.&nbsp;
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<li><a href="https://www.richlandsource.com/2026/08/28/an-opening-to-a-longer-conversation-mansfield-leaders-partner-with-naacp-on-town-hall-series/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.richlandsource.com/2026/08/28/an-opening-to-a-longer-conversation-mansfield-leaders-partner-with-naacp-on-town-hall-series/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1788295783534000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1CnFMXu1JciLMgYhhsVlxn">&lsquo;An opening to a longer conversation&rsquo;: Mansfield leaders partner with NAACP on &lsquo;Town Hall&rsquo; series</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.richlandsource.com/2026/08/30/richland-county-carrousel-park-coney-fest/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.richlandsource.com/2026/08/30/richland-county-carrousel-park-coney-fest/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1788295783534000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2GDkzglEaXGOgbb6dcVHqw">A coney&rsquo;s worst day: Richland Carrousel Park hosts Coney Fest to beat a dog day afternoon</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.richlandsource.com/2026/08/25/a-place-to-gather-public-private-partnership-brings-new-pavilion-to-mansfields-prospect-park/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.richlandsource.com/2026/08/25/a-place-to-gather-public-private-partnership-brings-new-pavilion-to-mansfields-prospect-park/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1788295783534000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0xKNgLVysr8Op9thyL93n5">Public-private partnership brings new pavilion to Mansfield&rsquo;s Prospect Park</a></li>
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