The Town of Northbridge purchased the 96.7-acre Castle Hill Farm property in that town on Friday for $1.45 million, according to the Worcester District Registry of Deeds.
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FRANKLIN A decision by the Town Council to invest $4.59 million in open space near the town center is being lauded as an historic land buy for Franklin one preserving forested land that otherwise would have been developed with more than four dozen homes.
Voting unanimously, the nine-member Council has chosen to take advantage of the town s right of first refusal on two parcels of land collectively known as Maple Hill between Lincoln Street and Maple Street totaling about 69.6 acres.
“The town has not, to our knowledge, ever exercised the right of first refusal,” Town Administrator Jamie Hellen said.
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