February 2010 Vol. 8, No. 2
The February 2010 issue of New England Condominium magazine focuses on Board/Owner Relations.
In this issue, you can read about handling angry owners, detecting and preventing fraudand Portland, Maine.
Visit our archives to see other articles that were published in 2010.
News Briefs
- 03.11.10 The chairman of Zoning Board of Appeals is defending a controversial decision to approve a “pet hotel” for South Boston. [BostonHerald.com]
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03.08.10 A proposal to complete the second phase of the Mountain Ridge condominium complex in Torrington, CT, has some downhill residents concerned about an increase in water run-off. [The Register Citizen]
- 03.04.10 A Plymouth Superior Court judge has ruled that residents of White Cliffs, a gated condominium and golf community in southernmost Plymouth, MA, were within their rights when they refused to pay for a $1 million plan to stop erosion on their golf course. [Boston.com]
- 02.26.10 On several days last June, a photographer snapped shots of children playing Wiffle ball in the grassy common area of their 78-unit condominium complex in Methuen, MA. The pictures were not intended for a family album, authorities say, but as evidence that five families were violating a rule prohibiting organized sports on the grounds. [Boston Globe]
- 02.17.10 A Suffolk County jury yesterday rejected a Boston woman’s suit contending that her real estate broker misled her by concealing that a downstairs neighbor smoked cigarettes, in one of the first such lawsuits to go to trial in Massachusetts. [Boston.com]
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01.20.10 The credit crunch has kept a couple from realizing their dream of turning an old laundromat in Bangor, Maine, into green condominiums.[Wcsh6.com]
- 01.16.10 Condominium owners in Portsmouth, NH, are not being notified of public hearings that could affect their views, increase neighborhood traffic, block their sunlight and diminish property values. [Seacoast online]
Featured Articles
Portland, Maine
Four million people visit Portland, Maine each year. But don’t picture lobster bibs and sunburned summer tourists. The largest city in Maine
is not known for its fish shacks, candy stores or beaches. The center of both
commerce and culture in Maine, Portland is a thriving small cosmopolitan city.
With a world-class symphony and art museum, nationally-ranked restaurants, more than 40 languages
spoken in the public schools, and industries from insurance to semi-conductors,
Portland is an old city with a new beat.
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A Matter of Trust
Few things can be as upsetting as discovering that the dollars and cents that fuel a community association have
been mishandled or worse yet, stolen.
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Anger Management
For most people, “foaming at the mouth” is just an expression. Attorney Ellen Hirsch de Haan has encountered the real
thing – and not at an animal shelter, but at a condominium owners’ meeting.
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