Category: Abutters

Death comes for the arch-builder: Part 2, three wild speculations

14 March, 2012 (10:35) | Abutters, Bubier Road, Demolition, Housing, Land use, Law, Litigation, Local issues, Marblehead, Zoning |

By:David A. Smith   [Continued from yesterday's  Part 1.]   Yesterday’s post, on the imminent demise of the illegal home at 74 Bubier Road, featured three novel arguments advanced by Wayne Johnson as to why he shouldn’t have to tear down that house, despite 11 years’ worth of litigation saying he did.   Sources for [...]

Death comes for the arch-builder: Part 1, three novel theories

13 March, 2012 (09:13) | Abutters, Bubier Road, Demolition, Housing, Land use, Law, Litigation, Local issues, Marblehead, Zoning |

By:David A. Smith   Requiescat in pace   This story has a happy ending, with a home being torn down.    It took sixteen years for justice to wield her sword, but when she did, it was swift:   Marblehead (CBS Boston, February 21, 2012) – A longstanding feud between neighbors in Marblehead ended Tuesday [...]