Daily Gazette: Pitney Farm sold for community farm

A smiling Bill Pitney handed over the keys to the farm his family has owned for 154 years to Sandy Arnold, prompting applause from a large crowd keeping warm under a tent at Pitney Farm on Friday.

Then Arnold handed him a hat with “Pitney Meadows Community Farm” on the front and his name on the back, and a Marmot jacket. He put the hat right on. Read more ...