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Post by starfish on Apr 23, 2008 17:02:46 GMT -6
I just saw this story on T.V. on CNN's headline news but was not able to hear the entire story so I checked the internet to see if I could find it and here it is. This could be us.
North Shore couple is in limbo after learning their home may have been built on a former town dump.
Julie and David Gesner learned what lay beneath their Colonial-style house in Manchester-by-the-Sea only when they tried to sell it last year. Tests revealed the presence of high levels of chromium, arsenic, lead and other materials in the soil.
State environmental officials have ordered the town and the previous owner to clean up the 1.3 site. But town officials tell The Boston Globe they're still trying to confirm whether a dump actually operated on the site in the 1950s, as some old records indicate.
The Gesners, who have a 4-month-old daughter, are living elsewhere but continue to pay for the home while they wait for the situation to be resolved.
The link to the article is not working so you will have to go to Fox news or CNN to read it - sorry.
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Post by rural on Apr 23, 2008 17:05:24 GMT -6
You can relax, AME has been farmland since way before the 1950s.
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Post by jwh on Apr 23, 2008 18:41:52 GMT -6
I just saw this story on T.V. on CNN's headline news but was not able to hear the entire story so I checked the internet to see if I could find it and here it is. This could be us. North Shore couple is in limbo after learning their home may have been built on a former town dump. Julie and David Gesner learned what lay beneath their Colonial-style house in Manchester-by-the-Sea only when they tried to sell it last year. Tests revealed the presence of high levels of chromium, arsenic, lead and other materials in the soil. State environmental officials have ordered the town and the previous owner to clean up the 1.3 site. But town officials tell The Boston Globe they're still trying to confirm whether a dump actually operated on the site in the 1950s, as some old records indicate. The Gesners, who have a 4-month-old daughter, are living elsewhere but continue to pay for the home while they wait for the situation to be resolved. The link to the article is not working so you will have to go to Fox news or CNN to read it - sorry. This is a joke, right? |
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Post by doctorwho on Apr 23, 2008 19:01:04 GMT -6
You can relax, AME has been farmland since way before the 1950s. about the same time they laid in those gas mains |
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Post by rural on Apr 23, 2008 19:07:16 GMT -6
You can relax, AME has been farmland since way before the 1950s. about the same time they laid in those gas mains I think just a little farther back than that.  Of course, I'd have to check with the old timers to know for sure. |
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Post by doctorwho on Apr 23, 2008 19:20:10 GMT -6
about the same time they laid in those gas mains I think just a little farther back than that. Of course, I'd have to check with the old timers to know for sure. you're talking to an old timer  |
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Post by rural on Apr 23, 2008 19:27:15 GMT -6
I think just a little farther back than that. Of course, I'd have to check with the old timers to know for sure. you're talking to an old timer Awe, c'mon, Doc, cheer up. You're not really old until you start receiving Prevention magazine instead of Wired, and you start drinking Ensure instead of Redbull. |
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Post by doctorwho on Apr 23, 2008 19:28:48 GMT -6
you're talking to an old timer Awe, c'mon, Doc, cheer up. You're not really old until you start receiving Prevention magazine instead of Wired, and you start drinking Ensure instead of Redbull. I have to admit --AARP sent me over the edge. |
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Post by rural on Apr 23, 2008 19:33:07 GMT -6
Awe, c'mon, Doc, cheer up. You're not really old until you start receiving Prevention magazine instead of Wired, and you start drinking Ensure instead of Redbull. I have to admit --AARP sent me over the edge. The bass turds! They must have gotten you confused with some other, older Doc Who. |
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Post by starfish on Apr 23, 2008 19:39:47 GMT -6
I just saw this story on T.V. on CNN's headline news but was not able to hear the entire story so I checked the internet to see if I could find it and here it is. This could be us. North Shore couple is in limbo after learning their home may have been built on a former town dump. Julie and David Gesner learned what lay beneath their Colonial-style house in Manchester-by-the-Sea only when they tried to sell it last year. Tests revealed the presence of high levels of chromium, arsenic, lead and other materials in the soil. State environmental officials have ordered the town and the previous owner to clean up the 1.3 site. But town officials tell The Boston Globe they're still trying to confirm whether a dump actually operated on the site in the 1950s, as some old records indicate. The Gesners, who have a 4-month-old daughter, are living elsewhere but continue to pay for the home while they wait for the situation to be resolved. The link to the article is not working so you will have to go to Fox news or CNN to read it - sorry. This is a joke, right? No it is not a joke. Here is the link but you will have to copy and paste it into your address bar, it will not link by clicking on it. www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352284,00.html Here is another link and it works and gives more details about the couples troubles. www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/04/23/house_unsaleable_because_of_toxic_waste/4394/House unsaleable because of toxic waste Published: April 23, 2008 at 3:50 PM MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA, Mass., April 23 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts couple are stuck with a house built on an old dump site that they cannot sell or live in. Julie and David Gesner's troubles began when they decided to sell their house in Manchester-by-the-Sea, north of Boston, The Boston Globe reported. The first potential buyer was put off by rumors that the property had once been a town dump and the second insisted on testing for hazardous substances. Testing found chromium, arsenic, cadmium, lead and other chemicals. The state Department of Environmental Protection says that either the town or the previous owner, Michael Bresnahan, is responsible for cleanup. The Gesners have sued Bresnahan, but in the meantime they are still paying the mortgage on the house they bought for $858,420 in August 2005. "We can't sell it in its condition," Julie Gesner told the Globe. "It's not safe. We can't even rent it to someone. There's so much hazardous waste in the yard, I wouldn't feel comfortable." Some of the Gesners' neighbors could share in their troubles. Ed Coletta, a spokesman for the DEP, said that properties bordering the Gesners' 1.3-acre lot should also be tested. |
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Post by fence on Apr 23, 2008 20:10:19 GMT -6
I can NOT believe you just got away with posting bass turd. WOW!! ;D I have to admit --AARP sent me over the edge. The bass turds! They must have gotten you confused with some other, older Doc Who. |
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Post by WeBe204 on Apr 23, 2008 20:12:21 GMT -6
Awe, c'mon, Doc, cheer up. You're not really old until you start receiving Prevention magazine instead of Wired, and you start drinking Ensure instead of Redbull. I have to admit --AARP sent me over the edge. Please Doctor.. All you need do is regenerate. Heck in the new series you get as many regenerations as you need. |
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Post by rural on Apr 23, 2008 20:13:41 GMT -6
I can NOT believe you just got away with posting bass turd. WOW!! ;D The bass turds! They must have gotten you confused with some other, older Doc Who. I'm starting a trend. ;D |
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Post by WeBe204 on Apr 23, 2008 20:17:46 GMT -6
I can NOT believe you just got away with posting bass turd. WOW!! ;D I'm starting a trend. ;D Oh, great jsut what I was thinking. More rurals... ugh... ;D |
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