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Article: Breakout Kingfield group gets more time to buy farmland

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September 5, 2008
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For more information on Friends of Kingfield Farmland, contact Stacy Cuppernell at 265-2075 or cuppernell@yahoo.com.Kingfield group gets more time to buy farmland

December deadline set for raising funds to buy 46 acres

KINGFIELD - Friends of Kingfield Farmland has until December to raise money to buy 46 acres of hayfields that highlight the entrance to town on Route 27.

"After last week's meeting, the response and interest shown by the people who attended led owners Mark and Mary Hurvitt of Blue Hill to give the group an extension," said Stacy Cuppernell, a local woman who initiated the effort to buy and preserve the fields.

The property is listed by CSM Real Estate of Kingfield for $225,000.

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