In Highland, officials are cracking down on boarded up windows and other property issues. Today's Times says the town council has approved new guidelines for property maintenance that include -- new authority for the town to control staging areas at construction projects... no more permanently boarded-up windows at vacant businesses.. and a requirement that tree stumps be removed or ground up once the trees are cut down, with the land reseeded or covered with sod later. There's more info in today's Times. http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/highland/highland-officials-want-properties-maintained/article_35b61849-60bf-5c16-a737-5ea46eb4f0ff.html

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