LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Support for Senior Housing Continues with Poor Record

Resident Rita Bourne says past betrayals by town officials should have all of Sudbury's senior citizens worried.

Sudbury officials’ claim of caring for seniors needs to be examined with skepticism. With another suggestion for a senior housing project appearing for the Melone Property right next door to Northwood, the ongoing problems with discrepancy between promise and reality after completion continues to haunt the very people that the town purports to serve. A few years ago the Frost Farm community was betrayed by the builder and Jody Kablack (see the articles written by Richard Paine ). The Town was promised that such a mess would not happen again. It is happening again, only with greater negative consequences for the residents of Northwood Condominiums. This time, Jody Kablack (our Town Planner), and John Dobrinski (a Selectman) recused …

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Ralph Tyler

9:11 am on Thursday, September 13, 2012

Skim 3% You may not be aware but in Massachusetts there is a frivolous litigation statute where pro-se victims of frivolous litigation are entitled to be paid for their efforts as well as their costs in defending themselves. As the victim of a $24 million SLAPP lawsuit filed by Northwood Properties, LLC and the Trustees of the Northwood at Sudbury Condominium (then the developers principals) in …   more ›

VIDEO: Resident Bob Stein, Chairman Larry O'Brien Spar Over Melone Property Conversation

A consulting firm advised the highest value for the property would be to build garden-style condos. Stein argued building any type of housing on that land should be off limits. O'Brien countered, saying it's the responsibility of the Board to do so before

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Did Selectman Bob Haarde catch John Drobinski in a lie? [VIDEO]

Drobinski said during Tuesday's meeting he never argued against high-density housing development for the Melone property. Minutes from Jan. 30, 2007, Page 10, paragraph 3, show otherwise.

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Kirsten Vandijk

8:38 am on Thursday, September 6, 2012

It could be interpreted that way.   more ›

REPORT: Greatest Value for Melone Property Would be for Multifamily Rentals, Garden Condos

The Town of Sudbury asked Larry Koff Associates, a land use planning firm, and its consultant team, to investigate the potential land value.

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