{
  "id": 3500178,
  "title": "Rhode Island woman left family farm to become a 300-acre wildlife sanctuary",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/rhode-island-woman-left-family-farm-to-become-a-300-acre-wildlife",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-26T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/a-rhode-island-woman-bought-her-familys-coastal-farm-in-1908-spent-decades-painting-and-birdwatching-there-then-left-the-land-to-become-a-sanctuary-that-now-protects-300-acres/articleshow/133535152.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mabel Norman Cerio turned her 1908 purchase of Paradise Farm in Middletown, Rhode Island, into a lifelong connection with art, wildlife and conservation. An artist and birdwatcher, she planned a bird sanctuary during her lifetime and later left the property to the community through her trust. After her death in 1949, the land became the Norman Bird Sanctuary, which today protects 300 acres of…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}