Newspaper article on sale of Albert's Farm

2006a-286

Newspaper article on sale of Albert's Farm

Historic Event

Article written by Sean Reagan from the Daily Hampshire Gazette reporting the sale of Ben Albert's farm land a follows:"It took the Albert family decades to build one of the east coast's premier potato farms. At a foreclosure auction on Saturday, it fell to other hands in just over two hours. Jim Villasenor, broker/owner of Bethlehem Realty Associates, acting on behalf of Milltowne Plaza, Inc., a Glenmont, NY based farming corporation, bought all 550 acres of Ben albert's Worthington farmland for $700,000. Villasenor said the buyer would begin farming the approximately 365 acres of land that is currently in the state's APR program immediately. The likely crop, he said, would be the corporation's NY mainstay, corn and soybeans. As to the balance, which includes sufficient road frontage to warrant at least moderate development, Villasenor said that his client had not yet considered his options. A hot sun and no breeze did little to dissuade 16 bidders and over 100 bystanders from gathering for the auction which took place at the end of the airstrip where Albert used to take off and land in his private jet..... The 500 acres were broken into 4 lots..... The sale did not make up all the arrears Albert owed the government ..... Villasenor did not rule out selling portions of the farm to other buyers.....No residential houses can be built on that land..... Albert who lives in a nursing home did not attend the sale."

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2006-08-21

Worthington Historical Society

2006-08-15

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Newsprint - Land Sale of Ben Albert Farms

Sean Reagan

2007-03-25

2012-12-05

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Newspaper article on sale of Albert's Farm

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