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Article: Hampstead, Md., Farmer Sells Property to Carroll County for Use as Parkland.
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- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
- Article date:
- August 23, 2003
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Byline: Mary Gail Hare
Aug. 23--For several years, Howard "Bub" Leister has resolutely resisted pressure from developers who have offered him more than $2 million for the Hampstead land he has farmed for more than a half-century.
He treasures the view from his back porch -- fenced green pastures surrounding a rustic red barn and a glistening pond -- and wants to preserve it for future generations.
So Leister, 89, has sold the 100-acre farm to Carroll County for $1.1 million, about half its appraised value. The land will become Leister Park, dedicated to the longtime farmer and his late wife, Reba.
"I didn't want to see houses here," he ...