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Article: MAINE BOARD TO DECIDE PURCHASE OF PUBLIC LANDS BY YEAR'S END
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 6, 1988
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AUGUSTA, Maine - A state board charged with deciding how to
spend $35 million earmarked for the acquisition of public lands is
expected to decide by the end of the year which of 51 parcels
should be purchased initially.
The parcels, ranging from a 4.5-acre lighthouse lot to more
than 10,000 acres of mountain property, were recommended in the
first round of proposals solicited by the Land for Maine's Future
Board.
Officials say the combined price tags would total more than
three times the $15 million available for the initial purchases.
The list of proposals had been kept under wraps by state
officials since nominations for the land purchases closed a month
ago, but it was ...