SHELBURNE — An ambitious program announced by the non-profit Mahoosuc Land Trust less than a year ago to permanently conserve nine mainland parcels and 30 islands along an 8.7-mile stretch of the Androscoggin River has become a reality.
The $780,000 property purchase was finalized Friday and the deeds registered in the Coos County Courthouse in Lancaster.
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