Centuries-old farming tradition goes on in Riverhead as Wells family sells lands to county preservation effort newsday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announces the preservation of just over 11 acres in Aquebogue at a press conference last Wednesday. (Courtesy photo)
The children of the late Lyle Wells who died in a tractor accident in January 2018 have now sold the development rights to 11.16 acres of farmland on Phillips Lane in Aquebogue.
The Wells family has been farming since 1661, when this parcel was one of the original land grants William Wells received from the Town of Southold. It was then farmed by the Wells family for 12 generations, according to Riverhead Councilman Frank Beyrodt.
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone made the announcement last Wednesday at the Wells farm. According to Mr. Bellone’s office the transferred development rights sold for $613,800.
Suffolk County preserves more than 11 acres of Riverhead farmland owned by Wells family for centuries newsday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.