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September 28, 2007

Zion Bible College, in Barrington, moving to Mass.

BARRINGTON -- Zion Bible College is moving to Massachusetts after all.

The Rev. Otis Stanley, the Board of Trustees chairman, says the Barrington school will move to the former campus of Bradford College in Haverhill, Mass., after the founder of an arts-and-crafts chain purchased the 72.5-acre campus and donated it.

The school last year considered the move, but backed out when trustees decided it wasn't financially feasible.

That changed when David Green of Hobby Lobby Stores bought the campus. Haverhill Mayor James J. Fiorentini says the school will now use the money it was planning to use to buy the campus to rehabilitate buildings.

Stanley says the campus could be ready by next September.

Bradford closed in 2000 for financial reasons.

-- The Associated Press

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