Stillwater City Council authorizes condemnation for road project rights of way
“he city of Stillwater is in the process of buying rights of way and easements for a major road project at the intersection of U.S. Highway 177 and State Highway 51 and the City Council…
Bureaucracy Squashes Widow’s Hope To Recover Land Taken By Eminent Domain
“Two months ago an 89-year-old Andover widow, Carolyn Sheehan, said in this column that she hoped someone in government would let her buy back 11.3 acres that the state Department of Transportation took by eminent…
ON THE RIGHT LANE: Pain of eminent domain
“For some time now the Windham Planning Board has been discussing allowing a property owner on Sabbady Point Road to swap land with other landowners in order to improve his lot by moving the road,…
Westfield homeowner loses land for expansion of Monon Trail
“The games are underway at Grand Park, Westfield’s new 360-acre, championship-level sports campus. But it’s 12 feet of one homeowner’s driveway that’s landed the state in court. The state wants to connect the new complex…
Village Vs. Town Re: Bridge
“Southampton Town is expected to move forward next week on plans to repair the Sagg Bridge using federal money, despite objections from Sagaponack Village officials, who are desperate to preserve the small country bridge which…
Former Windham landowner awarded $13.5m in eminent domain case
“A former Windham landowner offered $3.97 million for his land by the state was awarded $13.5 million by a Rockingham County Superior Court jury for a parcel taken by eminent domain for the Interstate 93…
Eminent Domain Lawyers at Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog Negotiate 5.75 Million Dollar Settlement for Public Storage
“According to Stephanie Autry, Eminent Domain Lawyer of Cranfill, Sumner, & Hartzog, Public Storage owned and operated a storage facility that contained approximately 650 rental units. In order to make room for the Blue Line…
Residents could lose homes to Osceola Parkway extension project
“Like others, Sanchez lives near Lake Nona in the Wyndham Lake Estate area. He works in the health field and expects the Lake Nona area to thrive with development. But instead of seeing his property…
County’s land grab for parkway ‘unconscionable’
“He and his family have lived on the land west of Melbourne a lifetime, farming, ranching, taking care of the land for future generations, and being good stewards of the earth. Do we really need…
Retiree’s life-long home is being demolished to make way for Miami highway
“The life-long home of an 80-year-old retired elementary school teacher is being demolished to make way for a big highway expansion project in Miami. Benjamin Brown says in the Miami Herald that he never lived…