Westport Point NewsLocal news for Westport Point, MA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Preservationists, builder fight over historic home- January 12, 2008 "The structure of the house and all the wood in it was severely compromised by untreated Powderpost beetle, carpenter ant and termite infestations." The Historical Commission is insisting a builder restore an extensively damaged 19th-century house in a historic district. via SouthCoastToday.comhttp://www.topix.net/city/westport-point-ma/2008/01/preservationists-builder-fight-over-hi... Point house neighbors express frustration- January 10, 2008 "It puzzles me that he wouldn't brace and support (the structure) and that he would have workers with sledge hammers hitting support posts." Westport Point residents packed a meeting room on Jan. 7 and questioned the new homeowner whose renovations left an historic house looking like a bombed out shell. via Westport Shorelineshttp://www.topix.net/city/westport-point-ma/2008/01/point-house-neighbors-express-frustrat... Stop work order issued to late to save gutted historic house- January 3, 2008 "I drove by in the morning at 11 a.m. (on Dec. 26) and it was there and I drove back at 2 p.m. and it was like this." Neighbors and Westport Historical Commission members look at the old house. The roof, back side and most of the interior had been demolished. via Westport Shorelineshttp://www.topix.net/city/westport-point-ma/2008/01/stop-work-order-issued-to-late-to-save... |