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Stonington — The Board of Finance voted unanimously Wednesday night to contribute up to $300,000 to help preserve 220 acres of land off Al Harvey Road. The tentative funding model calls for the town to contribute the money from its $375,000 Open Space Fund to the $1.15 million purchase price for the land. It also calls for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to contribute $580,000 and the Aquarion Water Co. another $230,000 for as conservation easement. None of the other funding has yet been committed and the $230,000 could end up being a combination of other funding sources, a...

Stonington — The town is partnering with the Trust for Public Land to purchase and preserve 224 acres of forest and farmland off Al Harvey Road. The trust and the town now have 12 months to raise the $1.1 million needed to acquire the three parcels from trustee Katherine Anne Brewster-Duffy of Los Altos, Calif. The fundraising effort will involve a mix of private donations and possibly federal or state grants. The town also has $318,000 in open space funds that could be used. "By protecting three properties on Al Harvey we could create a community asset with significant ecologic...