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  • Told their treehouse must go, owners appeal to Supreme Court

    01/06/2018 9:24:25 AM PST · by plain talk · 108 replies
    abcnews ^ | 1/6/2018 | Jessica Gresko
    Lynn Tran and Richard Hazen built a Florida beachfront treehouse that would be the envy of any child. It's got two levels, hammocks and windows looking out on the Gulf of Mexico. But the hangout has cost the couple a handsome sum: about $30,000 to construct and probably five times that in legal fees as they've fought local authorities over it, Tran said. Now, they're at their last stop, the Supreme Court. Unless the high court intervenes, the treehouse must be torn down. Soon, however, the city got an anonymous complaint about the treehouse. After an investigation, the city found...
  • Neighbors sound off on paintball operation

    05/17/2002 4:30:05 PM PDT · by tarawa · 15 replies · 222+ views
    Buffalo News ^ | 5/15/2002 | NANCY GISH
    Neighbors sound off on paintball operation By NANCY GISH Southtowns Correspondent 5/15/2002 Dozens of residents opposed to a paintball game operation jammed Wales Town Hall on Tuesday to oppose issuing another permit to Matt Kowalski of Vermont Hill Road. The Town Board on Nov. 13 issued a special permit to Kowalski to operate a paintball operation three days a week seasonally, on property owned by his parents, Paul and Barbara Kowalski. Neighbors objected and took the Town Board and the Kowalskis to court, claiming, among other things, that the board didn't follow proper state environmental review procedures or the town's...