December 4, 2025
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Madison & Killingworth Vol. XXX Iss. 49
A New England Newspaper of the Year 2018
Land Trust Purchases Land for Permanent Protection By Aaron Rubin Staff Writer
The Killingworth Land Conservation Trust has closed in on the purchase of an ecologically valuable 27-acre property that now will be permanently protected from development, according to the trust’s directors.
The property at the center of the grant is a parcel located along Roast Meat Hill Road that was formerly owned by the First Congregational Church of Madison. It was last month that the land trust closed on purchase with a $35,000 grant awarded by the Connecticut Land Conservation Council, according to KLCT co-director Geoff Picard. Picard described the purchase of the prop-
erty as a “big win” for the land trust, while similar sentiments were expressed by other heads of the KLCT. Vice President Celina Vansetti thanked the state conservation council for “its support in providing this important grant that allowed KLCT to acquire the land and create what is now a See Land Trust Purchases page 8
Stellar Season Moves On
Rev. Sarah Vetter has seen the personal impacts of community breakfasts at the First Congregational Church................................2
A Dominant Win The Hand football team earned a decisive 41-3 victory over Guilford in the annual Thanksgiving matchup.....................................14
Members of the Hand High football team come onto the field at the beginning of their game against Guilford, an easy 41-3 victory that propelled them into the playoffs.
Photo by Wesley Bunnell/ The Source
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Holiday Cookie Recipes Check out the recipes for several different types of shortbread cookies for the holiday season.................23
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