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It’s with great interest that I hear about the parcel of property being quasi-gifted to the town. I’ve looked at that property for a very long time. During the slough burp of Dec 27, it was pretty much covered in water.

I’ve lived at Channel Cove, contemplating this property has been a natural for me. As a lifelong farmer in the area, I’ve thought long and hard about turning it into a garden, but then I’ve thought about the strikes against it. Deer can climb and jump over significant fencing, raccoons can climb over any fencing and they’ll harvest almost anything we’d try to grow. Squirrels an...