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Being Finicky about Products and Materials Selection Criteria Is Essential to Creating a Genuinely Green Home
When contracting to build a high-performance home that is worthy of the label "green," it is essential for the future homeowner to have someone on the project team who has experience in and understands energy-efficient building materials, appliances and products. This responsibility can be delegated to the architect or a green buildingPosted on New Jersey Law Blog on July 29, 2010 at 10:04 AM
On Guy Tower
When The Virginia Bar Association hired Guy Tower as executive director, they got the right man, and so it's sad news to read that he is retiring, but happy news for him. Not many people can do so many things well, as the job requires and as he did, with good humor. I'm glad my time on the VBA board was while he was there.Here he is on the left, with tPosted on Southwest Virginia Law Blog on July 28, 2010 at 5:08 PM
Standing in Zoning Appeal Conferred by Local Bylaw
The Appeals Court has determined that standing to appeal a special...
Town must reach merits of 40B application before determining local need
The Appeals Court has determined that the Town of Wrentham inappro...
No litmus test for local need; Even if a municipality reaches its 10% minimum affordable housing under Chapter 40B, a housing project may still be consistent with a local need and avoid local zoning.
The Supreme Judicial Court found that the Town of Amherst appropri...
My fiance's check is DD into a local credit union. Bank seems to have a pattern of "invisibly holding" charges from the debit card until just HOURS before his DD is processed (and this is after hours, of course). Over th
Have your fiance take the information you've collected and go into the bank...
Can I be fired for working a second job?
sadly you can be fired for anything thats not discriminatory, so yeah you can.
Bar issues include constant trash in front of my business, left over open containers of alcohol and broken beer bottles in parking lot. Overnight parking in front of my business from bar customers who drank too much and
Find out about city ordinances. Talk to them and see how they can help; be court...
An article appeared in our local paper in which it stated the following, Gail Zinger said she told Mr. Jahn she'd be asking.... I am Gail Zinger and I did not say that statement as stated. I spoke with reporter and was t
I'm afraid that paraphrasing like this is part of normal journalistic pract...
My job requires me to drive bank deposits up to two times a day using my own vehicle and gas. Although not too far, can should I be receiving compensation? One deposit run is required daily by company policy, but the man
you should be getting a mileage comp. I own my own company and I pay my employee...

My fiance's check is DD into a local credit union. Bank seems to have a pattern of "invisibly holding" charges from the debit card until just HOURS before his DD is processed (and this is after hours, of course). Over th
Have your fiance take the information you've collected and go into the bank...
Can I be fired for working a second job?
sadly you can be fired for anything thats not discriminatory, so yeah you can.
Bar issues include constant trash in front of my business, left over open containers of alcohol and broken beer bottles in parking lot. Overnight parking in front of my business from bar customers who drank too much and
Find out about city ordinances. Talk to them and see how they can help; be court...
An article appeared in our local paper in which it stated the following, Gail Zinger said she told Mr. Jahn she'd be asking.... I am Gail Zinger and I did not say that statement as stated. I spoke with reporter and was t
I'm afraid that paraphrasing like this is part of normal journalistic pract...
My job requires me to drive bank deposits up to two times a day using my own vehicle and gas. Although not too far, can should I be receiving compensation? One deposit run is required daily by company policy, but the man
you should be getting a mileage comp. I own my own company and I pay my employee...







