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Cape Town Meeting Rejects Shark Barrier By One Vote

Matthew McDonald

Voters at Town Meeting in Chatham rejected a warrant article proposing to spend $100,000 to build a Jaws II-scenario shark barrier by one vote.

Supporters are worried that a great white shark might make its way from Nantucket Sound into Oyster Pond and an area known as Children's Beach. One speaker said he saw two dead seals near the entrance of Stage Harbor, one with a large bite out of it, according to The Cape Cod Times.

The Building You Just Bought Got Knocked Down?  Too Bad
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The Building You Just Bought Got Knocked Down?  Too Bad

Matthew McDonald

A property buyer whose commercial building was demolished by the city of Chelsea shortly after he acquired it has no remedy in state law, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled.

Rocco Vigorito bought an abandoned gas station from the estate of its previous owner for $100,000 in August 2016, about two months after he entered into a purchase-and-sale agreement and about 11 months after city officials had ordered the estate either to make the building safe or knock it down.

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