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Group buys Salt Pond blueberry barrens from developer for $1.8 million

Summary by The Ellsworth American
“This is a win for everyone in the Blue Hill Peninsula who cares about land conservation and protecting the places that make our area special,” said Scott Miller, president of BHCD.

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Opponents buy Maine blueberry barren where housing plan was rejected

A community group based in Blue Hill has bought a scenic blueberry barren in their town from a developer who once wanted to create nine house lots there. The 38-acre parcel on Route 172 overlooking the Salt Pond had been commercial blueberry land owned by the same family for decades when it went up for sale in 2023. Kennebunk-based developer Geoff Bowley purchased it for $949,000 and soon brought plans before the town to subdivide it into parcel…

·Bangor, United States
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Group buys Salt Pond blueberry barrens from developer for $1.8 million

“This is a win for everyone in the Blue Hill Peninsula who cares about land conservation and protecting the places that make our area special,” said Scott Miller, president of BHCD.

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The Ellsworth American broke the news in on Tuesday, August 5, 2025.
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