February 28, 2005

Environmental group double-dares Hemingway neighbors . . .

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In a report that follows up on a story previously on MobyLives, an Associated Press wire story says, An environmental group that owns the former home of Ernest Hemingway where the author shot himself “has rejected an offer from neighbors to buy the property, setting up a legal fight.” The A.P.’s John Miller reports, “The board of The Nature Conservancy‘s Idaho chapter voted Friday to move ahead with a plan to turn the 13-acre property near Sun Valley into a literary library and museum.” But neighbors who “fear the nonprofit group’s plans will disrupt the residential character of the upscale Ketchum community” have vowed to sue if their offer to pay market value for the house—estimated to be worth around $5 million—was turned down.

Dennis Johnson is the founder of MobyLives, and the co-founder and co-publisher of Melville House.

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