Petty concerns create a neighbor from hell

December 04, 2010 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Lawyers are in the business of helping their clients and want to believe what they are told. Occasionally, the actual facts and events turn out to be different than what was first described, and that’s...

Dealing with neighbors from hell

November 27, 2010 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver There’s an old saying: You can’t pick your family or your neighbors. Most of us have a family member who is a bit strange and perhaps neighbors who once in a while are a bother, with barking...

Problem in our neighborhoods, foreclosures

January 07, 2009 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver You and I both know of a problem in our neighborhoods. It’s that vacant house on the corner — in foreclosure, abandoned by the family who used to live there. They could not afford to make the payments...