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Tag: code enforcement

Compliance! Grass grows on a once paved yard

by Karen GadboisAugust 13, 2013November 7, 2019

The proposed remedy, fake grass, was as unwelcome as the original offense. The Zoning Board of Adjustment required that the owner jackhammer the cement parking pad.

$166G in taxpayer loans, yet council member's property still a wreck

by Karen GadboisMay 17, 2012November 7, 2019

Council gets upbeat report on blight, but members frustrated over lack of access

by Karen GadboisNovember 14, 2011November 7, 2019

Homeowner or homeless? St. Louis Street resident fights to hang on to what he has

by Karen GadboisJune 23, 2011November 7, 2019

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