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Legislator’s suit kills Bridgewater land deal

By Christine Legere

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  April 18, 2012

Bridgewater’s plan to secure 144 acres along the Taunton River may have fallen through, after the town’s financial partners backed away, skittish over a lawsuit filed by a developer. The battle for Child’s Bridge Farm has pit the town against its state representative, Angelo D’Emilia, who wants to build 97 homes there. D’Emilia lost a bid to block the town’s land purchase in late March through an injunction, but he continues to push forward with a court suit for the site.

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