(July 25) -- A farm compound where the Clintons once dined will serve as the Obamas' summer vacation home in Martha's Vineyard late next month, according to a local newspaper.
The Vineyard Gazette reported Friday that the first family has leased the Blue Heron Farm, a 28.5-acre spread worth $20 million that offers a pool, golf tee and basketball court, along with a Victorian farm house. A reconstructed Pennsylvania barn and a Vermont shed there date to the 1800s.
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America's First Family
The first family is planning to rent a $20 million, 28-acre farm in the Chilmark section of Martha's Vineyard for a summer vacation next month, the Vineyard Gazette reported Friday. Here, President Barack Obama walks down a beach in Kailua, Hawaii, with his girls during the family's 2008 summer trip.
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The rental agreement involves three leases, the paper said -- for the Obamas, for White House staff and for the Secret Service.
The rental terms allow First Dog Bo to join the family, according to the New York Daily News.
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While it's unknown exactly how much the Obamas paid, similar properties start at $35,000 a week.
Officials examined more than 20 properties before settling on the farm, the paper said.
In 1998, then-President Bill Clinton and then first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton attended a dinner party there with previous owners.
Read the full story in the Vineyard Gazette.
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