Hill Law's Dennis Murphy is quoted in this news article about the ongoing permitting of an unfriendly 40B project on the island.
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Hill Law is proud to have participated in its 8th annual toy drive for local families this holiday season.
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Dan Hill and John Finnegan have been speaking at various conferences around the state this fall on the major legislative amendments to the state’s real estate tax collection statute (General Laws Chapter 60).
Read MoreTwo recent court decisions which will have implications in land use cases across the state.
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Happy Holidays from Hill Law! This year we continued our tradition of participating in the Boston ABCD Toy Drive.
Read MoreWe are proud to announce that Boston Magazine has named four of Hill Law’s attorneys on their annual list of Top Lawyers in the greater Boston region for 2022!
Read MoreOn Friday September 2, 2022, a year to the day after the Nantucket Conservation Commission ordered geotubes to be removed from ’Sconset Beach on Nantucket’s eastern shore, a judge of the Superior Court resoundingly affirmed the Commission's order of removal. The geotubes, erosion-control tubes filled with sand placed at the toe of the bluff, were installed several years ago by homeowners who live atop the bluff, the Siasconset Beach Preservation Fund (SBPF). Among its reasons the Court cited for affirming the Commission’s removal order were SBPF’s longstanding history of noncompliance with the Commission’s Order of Conditions (OOC), which SBPF never appealed or sought to amend, and SBPF’s steadfast refusal to bring the project into compliance unless it were expanded.
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Our office is feeling very festive these days, and the 2021 toy drive was a success! All toys have been delivered to BostonABCD, an organization which supports low-income residents in Boston and the Mystic Valley with food and fuel assistance, child and elder care, healthcare, housing, and a number of other programs.
Read MoreOn November 23, 2021, the Newbury Conservation Commission issued a Denial Order of Conditions under the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act for a proposed 24-home development on a forested parcel of land at 55 Pearson Drive in Newbury that contains extensive wetlands resource areas, including vernal pools.
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We are proud to announce that Boston Magazine has named three of Hill Law’s attorneys on their first annual list of Top Lawyers in the greater Boston region for 2021! Selection to this list was based on peer nomination.
Read MoreOn June 22, the Nantucket Superior Court (Wilkins, J.) overturned a decision by the Housing Appeals Committee (“HAC”) denying the Nantucket Land Council (“NLC”), a nonprofit environmental organization represented by Hill Law, intervention in the HAC’s review of a comprehensive permit issued by the Nantucket Zoning Board of Appeals to developer Nantucket Surfside, LLC.
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