2008 September Vol. 6, No. 9
The September 2008 issue of New England Condominium magazine focuses on Energy and the Environment.
In this issue, you can read about cleaning up indoor air quality, green impact and Greenwich, Connecticut.
Visit our archives to see other articles that were published in 2008.
News Briefs
- 10.03.08 The Highwood Condominium Association's board of trustees has decided to trap and euthanize a colony of feral cats at the complex that has been the center of a neighborhood dispute, according to Franklin, Massachusetts, Animal Control Officer Cindy Souza.[Milford Daily News]
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10.02.08 When a proposal to regulate the condo conversion process returned to aldermen this summer after being roundly rejected by an outraged public in 2006, supporters stressed that the Greater Boston Real Estate Board participated in drafting the new version.
However, earlier this month the board clearly expressed that it “does not support [the ordinance] and made it clear to all parties involved in the creation of the ordinance that as an organization, GBREB can not support it.” [The Somerville News]
- 09.14.08 Zenophon Tomaras flew model airplanes for a hobby until he developed a muscular disorder that makes it nearly impossible for him to use the controls. The 78-year-old Doylestown Township man’s doctor recommended that he replace his airplanes with homing pigeons; he could make the birds fly without pushing any buttons. So Tomaras bought and trained six homing pigeons, and set them up in a coop in his backyard. [The Intelligencer]
- 09.12.08 So far, Hampton, NH, selectmen have declared 11 private roads in town as emergency lanes in order to legally continue providing snow plowing to those who live there. But the one private road that started the controversy on whether the town has a legal right to plow private roads will not be plowed this winter, at least by the town.[seacoastonline.com]
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08.29.08 A psychologist with a dream of building a community focused on harmonious living, diversity and energy efficiency plans to break ground next month in Buxton for the first co-housing project to be built in Maine in a decade. [Portland Press Herald]
- 08.20.08 A former employee of the Glen Oaks Condominium Association in Newington, CT, pleaded guilty Tuesday to illegally cashing $9,253 worth of company checks last year to feed his drug habit. [Hartford Courant]
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08.13.08 Most of the 30 condominium owners at Jamestown Court enthusiastically recycled household throwaways, when South Portland, Maine, provided large blue bins and curbside service a month ago. Then, the trucks abruptly stopped picking up recyclables without notice. The service has yet to restart. [KeepMEcurrent.com]
Featured Articles
Greenwich, Connecticut
Located just 30 miles from New York City’s Times Square, Greenwich lies in the very southwestern corner of Connecticut. The first town in New England on the commuter train line from New York, Greenwich has thrived on its mix of wealthy residents and proximity to New York to becomea modern and successful town with upscale shopping, enviable municipal services, international corporations and stratospheric real estate prices. The resulting prosperity of southwestern Fairfield County, anchored by Greenwich, has earned the entire area the nickname “Gold Coast.” Read More
Even Older Condos Can Go "Green"
Yogi Berra, former philosopher-catcher for the New York Yankees, got it right. “It’s déjà vu all over again.” The reprise of the 1973 energy crisis is back on stage. The future is not what it used to be. Energy is the new arbiter of economics and, it would appear, global politics. The U.S. Department of Energy reminds us (again) that residential buildings consume 21% of the nation’s energy menu. We know that common interest developments make up a significant andgrowing portion of that percentage. Read More
Taking the Lead
Keeping up with soaring energy costs has nearly everyone scrambling to make some changes. Unit owners are driving less, turning out lights, and keeping a close eye on the thermostats. Read More
