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The Recorder - Northfield prep school sells land to become park for $2.5 million


Northfield prep school sells land to become park for $2.5 million 
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Published: 7/5/2016 10:46:45 PM
NORTHFIELD It’s official. The pending sale of nearly 1,300 acres owned by Northfield Mount Hermon School to the Department of Conservation and Recreation was officially completed Tuesday for a sale price of $2.5 million.
The sale marks a turning point in a four-year project for The Trust for Public Land, a nonprofit organization that facilitates and funds the creation of parks and protected lands. The land will immediately become part of Northfield State Forest.
“Across America, communities are seeking to protect places that strengthen their shared identity and sense of place, and this addition to Northfield State Forest is beloved and will be protected forever,” said Kevin Essington, Massachusetts director for The Trust for Public Land, in a Department of Conservation and Recreation press release. “Conservation at this scale is extremely rare in a s ....

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