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…
Unintended Consequences
“The city’s threat of taking the Old Dominion Boat Club’s (ODBC) parking lot through eminent domain has resulted in the two parties tentatively agreeing to a total land swap of essentially all of the boat…
Wanaque seeks title on long-vacant property to move redevelopment project forward
“Known on tax maps as block 425, lot 5.01, the 1-acre parcel runs parallel to Boulevard between Second and Fourth avenues. Real estate taxes of roughly $100,000 are owed on it, and owner Robert A….
Urban homesteading discussed for West Side
“State and local officials think selling homes on Charleston’s West Side for one dollar — with strings attached — or other housing initiatives could create opportunities for improvement and stability in the oft-beleaguered neighborhood. “We’ve…
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…
No interest in eminent domain in school siting
“The Champaign school board has no interest in using eminent domain to acquire property around Spalding Park for a new high school, school board President Laurie Bonnett said Thursday. “We don’t want to force anybody…
Five towns refile water system lawsuit
“The communities that are seeking to take over American Lake Water pipelines have refiled their eminent domain lawsuit, after it was withdrawn this spring to address a legal technicalty. Homer Glen, Bolingbrook, Romeoville, Lemont and…
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…
Orlando church fighting eminent domain suit filed by city to get land for MLS stadium
“Faith Deliverance Temple pastor Kinsey Shack says in a news release that the church does not want to sell its property, which sits in the middle of the planned development for a $100 million stadium…