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Dozens of pro-Palestinian activists occupied and vandalised offices of the insurer Allianz overnight, throwing red paint over walls and windows in protest at the firm’s links with Israel.

Surrey Police said three activists had been arrested at the Allianz Insurance building in Guildford. 

A man and two women were detained on suspicion of aggravated trespass and criminal damage, and were being held in custody. The force said inquiries remained ongoing.

The action began on Monday evening as people around the world commemorated the first anniversary of the Oct 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.

Palestine Action said it targeted 10 offices owned by the German financial services firm in protest at the company’s investment in Elbit Systems, Israel’s biggest weapons firm. It has said Allianz is one of Elbit Systems’ “principal institutional shareholders”.

In a statement, the group called for Allianz to pull out of Israel, adding: “Without insurance, Elbit couldn’t operate in Britain. Palestine Action will cost more than you gain from enabling genocide. 

“Allianz, it’s time to stop insuring and investing in Israeli weapons firm Elbit Systems.”

Nine of the occupations ended within hours, but the Guildford office remained occupied on Tuesday morning. 

A number of Palestine Action supporters could be seen on the roof of the office’s entrance, spraying the walls with red paint and daubing slogans on the windows that read “drop Elbit” and “free Palestine”.

A police team trained in the removal of protesters at height arrived at  Allianz Insurance building by mid-morning, and staff were asked to work from home. Surrey Police later said the three activists had been arrested, bringing an end to the occupation.

Supt Mark Offord said: “Officers were sent to the premises as soon as we became aware that the protesters had broken into the Allianz Insurance premises. While we recognise the right to protest, there is no excuse for anybody using it as an excuse to engage in criminal activity.”

Sites in Manchester, Lancaster, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol and Milton Keynes were also targeted. The cost of repairing the damage is estimated to run into tens of thousands of pounds.

In September, the group vandalised 10 branches of Barclays Bank in protest against what it described as the bank’s ties to Israel. 

The targeting of Allianz offices came as vigils were held to remember those killed and taken hostage by Hamas on Oct 7. 

Palestine Action claims Israel’s response to Hamas, which has killed as many as 41,000 Palestinians in Gaza, has justified its tactics of direct action against businesses with links to the Jewish state.

Elbit System manufactures over 85 per cent of Israel’s drones, including quadcopters used by the nation’s military to perform targeted attacks.

The group added: “Elbit has publicly advertised its weaponry as being ‘battle-tested’ on Palestinians. Its business operations are central to Israeli war crimes in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon, and its technologies uphold the brutal occupation regime.

“These nationwide actions serve as a reminder that, throughout the past 12 months, Western capital has continued to profit from the mass murder of Palestinians. 

“If Allianz refuses to understand that dealing with Elbit is immoral, it must be made clear that maintaining its involvement will become increasingly unprofitable.”

A spokesman for Allianz said: “We have had disruption overnight at several of our offices. The safety and security of our colleagues is paramount, and we have closed these sites today. Our operations and service to customers and clients are unaffected. As this is an ongoing police matter we have no further comment at this stage.”

Police said officers were called at 4am to reports of red paint being sprayed onto two buildings in the City of London. They arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of criminal damage following a chase on foot.  The offices were later sealed off by police.

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“Anastasia, a maintenance worker for Acadia National Park, lives off Main Street in an apartment building owned by Mount Desert 365, a nonprofit whose mission is to combat “community deterioration” in the town of Mount Desert, which includes the village of Northeast Harbor.

Between 2012 and 2022, the town’s population shrunk by 20 percent while the seasonal vacancy rate — homes left empty by summer residents or houses converted into short-term rentals — grew from 46 to 60 percent. (Bar Harbor recently began regulating short-term rentals; the island’s three other towns have not.)

The median price for a home in Mount Desert last year was nearly a million dollars, doubling in just five years.

Mount Desert 365, watching these changes unfold, began purchasing property several years ago with hopes of building year-round workforce housing — typically property whose sale or rental price is lowered below market rates and set aside for people with incomes near the area median.

One of those plots is the 0.9-acre lot on the corner of Manchester and Neighborhood, where the group plans to build a six-unit subdivision called “Heel Way.”

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Anastasia got a job with the National Park Service and is now one of the workers who ensures Acadia doesn’t decay under the weight of the more than 4 million visits it receives each year, visits that fuel the local recreation-based economy: hotels, campgrounds, restaurants, lobster pounds, and bike and kayak rentals. In the summer he puts new roofs on park buildings, fixes bathrooms and replaces fixtures. While many park workers leave the island during the winter, he stays on, rehabbing the interiors of park buildings.

During “the season,” which runs from May to October, cars and trucks pour over the bridge, carrying workers who make it possible for Mount Desert Island to serve as a summer haven for some of America’s richest people.

Come nightfall, those workers go back over the bridge, unable to find or afford housing on the island.

Anastasia gets to stay, but only because he found an apartment set aside for working-class people, and because he didn’t have pets and everyone in front of him on the waiting list did. He knows he’s lucky to have a place in town, but it’s a rental, and he dreams of one day buying a home and making it his own.

“I’m holding on for Heel Way,” Anastasia said. “But it’s not everybody’s dream to see housing there.”

Since the start, the project has been the subject of great debate, spurring petitions for and against. After months of public hearings, it was approved by the town planning board late last year in a 3-1 vote. But soon after, a group of seven wealthy summer residents sued the town, arguing the six-unit project was too dense.

A judge struck down all their arguments; undeterred, they appealed the court’s decision last month, delaying the project and costing the town, so far, at least $55,000 in legal fees. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court won’t hear the case until February at the earliest.

The project proponents say the island desperately needs housing and year-round residents, and the Heel Way subdivision would be an important, if small, step. Many see the lawsuit as an example of a NIMBY (“Not In My Backyard”) attitude that has limited housing development across the country.

Opponents, meanwhile, say they support workforce housing but think the Heel Way project is flawed, with too many units on too small a plot — out of character for the neighborhood.

The debate comes amid a number of recent votes by Maine communities to stop affordable housing projects — distinct from workforce housing but with a similar goal — including a 107-unit proposal in Cumberland and a 45-unit project in Kingfield earlier this year.

What makes the fight over Heel Way unique is the small size of the project — just six units — and the way it has been stymied not by local voters but by a lawsuit from seven wealthy people who only live in the area part-time.

The debate pits millionaire summer residents not only against the town planning board, but against billionaire brothers Mitchell and Steven Rales, who have funded the effort to build housing for working-class people.

As Maine grapples with a housing shortage exacerbated by the pandemic, the fight over Heel Way shows how efforts to address the crisis can be both buoyed and stymied by the same force: private individuals with massive wealth.

Across the United States, the refrain is the same: There isn’t enough housing. One recent analysis found that the U.S. is short 4.5 million homes, while Maine, a state study found, needs to build 84,000 homes by 2030 to make up its deficit.

One way to address the crisis, experts say, is by changing zoning laws, which often serve as a way for communities to forbid cheaper, denser housing in favor of single-family homes. Maine has taken steps to loosen zoning policies in recent years, including instituting a law in 2022 that required municipalities to adjust ordinances to allow greater density and accessory dwelling units on single-family lots.

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A 2018 study of Mount Desert Island’s housing needs found that, conservatively, there was demand for an extra 125 to 300 workforce housing units, and the island could “easily” absorb 100 to 200 below-market-rate senior housing units by 2023.

But for many who live and work on the island, the 2018 housing market seems like a different world. The pandemic exacerbated the trend of people converting year-round housing into summer homes and short-term rentals, taking housing off the market and driving up prices. The price of a median home in Mount Desert, according to the Maine State Housing Authority, was just under $450,000 in 2018. By 2023 it had doubled to $903,000.

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It’s become common for businesses large and small on the island to provide, and sometimes build, housing for employees, adding costs to businesses that are sometimes only open half the year.

Earlier this year, Witham Family Hotels opened a three-story housing complex that will house 84 seasonal workers in Bar Harbor. The nonprofit Friends of Acadia has begun construction on housing for eight seasonal National Park Service workers in Seal Harbor, another village in the town of Mount Desert. (Last year about 30 percent of Acadia’s seasonal positions went unfulfilled, in large part because potential workers struggled to find a place to stay.)

Susan Allen, an island native who owns the Harbour Cottage Inn in Southwest Harbor, bought a house three doors from her own home to house four of her seasonal employees. In the winter she rents it to a friend.

“I don’t like taking any year-round housing out of stock,” Allen said. “But it’s a slippery slope because if I can’t get staff, I can’t run my business, and then I’d have to leave.”

For Jackson Laboratory of Bar Harbor, the housing shortage represents an existential threat.

When Lon Cardon, the CEO of Jackson Laboratory, which employs 1,500 people in Bar Harbor, Ellsworth and Bangor, talked to a meeting of the Mount Desert Association of Summer Residents in Northeast Harbor last month, he described the integral role his lab’s research has played in fighting and treating diseases.

Then he turned to housing.

Cardon told them that when he took the job and moved to the island in November 2021, he couldn’t find a place to live. (Cardon earns more than $1 million a year at the lab, tax records show.)

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The struggle is even greater for the lab’s rank and file. The laboratory built 24 rental units for its employees, which Cardon said didn’t move the needle. If he had been in charge at the time, he’s not sure he would have approved the project, he said. After all, building housing diverts money from research.

The question of housing prompts an even larger one for Cardon and his lab, the largest private employer on the island: “Do we stay here?”

Mount Desert 365, the group behind the Heel Way project, started because of cruise ships.

Sitting in her office overlooking the harbor, executive director Kathy Miller recounted her group’s origins: In 2016, a relatively small cruise ship dropped anchor and disgorged vacationers into the town. Some saw this landfall as a portent of a future that revolved around selling tchotchkes to tourists. Meetings and debates followed. Eventually, the town of Mount Desert passed an ordinance that barred cruise ships from letting passengers disembark. Other towns on the island followed suit (except for Bar Harbor, where the battle rages on).

During those meetings, many business owners said the day the cruise ship came to town was their best in years. And so two things became clear, Miller recalled: This town doesn’t want cruise ships, but local businesses need more support to stay solvent. And the founders of Mount Desert 365 thought the best way to do that was to increase the year-round population.

The founders included Mitchell and Steven Rales, the brothers who launched the Danaher corporation in 1984. The company is now a publicly traded “global life sciences and diagnostics innovator” worth $197 billion. The brothers, who have an estimated combined net worth of nearly $15 billion, own millions worth of property in the town of Mount Desert through various LLCs, including the $19 million dollar Rockefeller mansion that Mitchell Rales tore down and rebuilt.

Mount Desert 365 launched in 2017 with $6 million in funding, according to tax records. Shortly after, the group bought the Heel Way property, and eventually purchased nine others. By the end of 2023, the group owned $9.7 million in property but had just $131,197 in savings and cash, according to its most recent federal tax filings.

The final design for Heel Way, approved by the planning board, shows a lot with two duplexes, two single-family houses and a five-bay garage, which would be converted into storage space. Each unit has a two-car driveway and a deck.

The original plan was for the houses to cost between $250,000 and $275,000 — around a quarter of the median price in town. But Miller notes that estimate is now years old, and the longer the project is delayed, the higher the price is likely to rise.

Units will be sold to families who qualify for mortgages but don’t make more than a certain percentage of Maine’s median income, depending on family size, Miller said. A family of four would be eligible if they earned less than 160 percent of Maine’s household median income of $73,733, which would be $118,000 a year.

The Heel Way renderings show small houses with columns and dormer windows, bracketed by lush trees and well-manicured hedges. One shows an adult holding a child’s hand as they approach a house. This is what proponents envision: young families with parents doing essential work and children attending the local school, a short walk away.

“This village has lost so much. This village used to be vibrant in the wintertime and now it’s dead,” Miller said.

“And if you don’t want shops that are boarded up all winter because there’s nobody there, then you’ve got to have people.”

Opposition to the project has been fierce. In the fall of 2022, a petition was signed by 205 residents who “support workforce housing” but oppose the project. They argue the housing units would be too cramped, and warn about traffic that would hurt children riding their bikes between the tennis and yacht clubs.

They worry there wouldn’t be enough space for all the stuff that sits in Maine garages and sheds: grills, snowblowers and boats. They argue the character of the neighborhood would change, and residents wouldn’t be able to build equity because the sale to the next qualified buyer would be capped by price restrictions.

To many opponents, the main problem is the number of units. Under the old density ordinance, six units would not have been allowed on a lot the size of Heel Way. But under the updated ordinance, developers can use a “density bonus” if the area is designated as workforce housing.

Many said they’d have no problem with three units on the property. Why did it have to be six?

“The state needs as many as it can get,” Miller said. “Our mission is to bring back a more robust year-round population, and so we are working within the ordinances. We’re not asking for any special permission. This is what the ordinances allow. So why not do it?”

During one planning board meeting, Miller made a presentation showing there already were several other lots in the village with similar or greater housing density, calculations the planning board cited in its approval of the project.

In addition, a basic fact of housing construction is that greater density lowers costs.

“There is an economy of scale,” Miller said.

Barbara Ryerson, whose husband is one of the residents who sued the town, was involved in submitting the petition against the project. In a March 2023 letter to the planning board, she wrote that she and other neighbors had “put ourselves in the shoes of the residents” and had concerns: “We want to ensure the workers in Northeast Harbor and the town of Mount Desert are able to obtain affordable housing and live comfortably, safely, and not packed in so densely.”

But the density doesn’t bother Anastasia, nor Gloria Kunje, who for months traveled between her home in Connecticut and Bar Harbor while working at the College of the Atlantic because she couldn’t find a place to live on the island. Now a special education teacher living in the same Mount Desert 365 project as Anastasia, Kunje wonders how opponents came to their conclusions.

“That’s not an issue at all,” she said of the density. “When those arguments are made, are they actually asking the people who would love to live there?”

One common argument at public hearings, almost always prefaced with a declaration of support for workforce housing in general, was that tenants filling up six units could bring a dozen new cars to the corner, which sits on Manchester Road.

In one June meeting, Mara Lehrman, a summer neighbor on Manchester Road, noted her “primary concern” was the safety of children biking, asking if MD 365 shouldn’t focus its efforts on its property “where it would not disturb the wonderful independence that children have in Northeast Harbor to bike without the fear of getting hit by cars.”

Traffic engineer Diana Morabito shared the results of a traffic survey done by the Department of Transportation that found Manchester and Neighborhood roads had a peak of 84 vehicles per hour in busy July, with daily volumes ranging from 550 to 880 vehicles per day. Her study found that the site would add four to five more cars per hour.

“That’s one extra car coming or going every 12 to 15 minutes,” Morabito said. “That’s not a lot of additional traffic.”

Proponents also noted that the project’s driveway exits onto Neighborhood Road, not Manchester Road, which is the road well-traveled by children.

In fact, Mount Desert 365 altered the plans in response to neighbor concerns, moving the driveway from its original spot on Manchester Road. Then they moved the driveway again so it wasn’t aligned with the driveway across the road, because the residents of that house — who lived there only part-time — were worried about headlights shining on their house at night.

Bill Hanley, an architect and chair of the Mount Desert Planning Board, said part of the controversy stemmed from Mount Desert 365’s “unwavering position” on the number of units.

“It’s a lot on a little,” he said, noting that putting that many units on a small lot in a “single-family residential area in the village of Northeast Harbor” is “going to stir up the hornet’s nest.”

Hanley was the one member of the four-member planning board who found the project did not meet the town’s criteria requiring “compatibility” with the surrounding area.

Meredith Randolph, a planning board member who resigned in July, said Mount Desert altered its designs a great deal in response to community feedback. In her opinion the planning board process worked — but it wasn’t enough.

“We got it back, redesigned to a more compatible, more aesthetically pleasing design, with the town recognizing a number of people’s reasonable requests for adjustments to the design,” Randolph said. “But they still took it to court.”

In November, seven wealthy residents sued the town, arguing that the planning board defined “lot” incorrectly, calculated allowable housing density incorrectly, failed to apply the correct open space requirements, and should have required a performance bond.

In June, Justice Thomas McKeon of Maine’s Business and Consumer Court struck down all of the plaintiffs’ arguments. The group appealed the decision, and the case awaits a decision from the high court.

Opponents often ask why Mount Desert 365 can’t be more like another housing nonprofit, Island Housing Trust. The group has converted 49 homes — either purchased or acquired via donation — into workforce housing, said Marla O’Byrne, the Island Housing Trust executive director. It also built a workforce housing development of six single-family homes and two duplexes closer to the head of the island.

Island Housing Trust depends on donors, among them the conservative legal activist Leonard Leo, and the Law and Order television series creator Dick Wolf, as well as some of the Northeast Harbor residents suing the town.

The group has avoided the kind of controversy Mount Desert has found itself in with the Heel Way project. That’s because it has largely converted existing single-family homes into workforce housing, and has built in more remote parts of the island — away from the donor class.

“Those were not areas where the people that appealed this decision would necessarily even travel,” said Mount Desert town manager Durlin Lunt.

At one point, Mount Desert 365 proposed that Island Housing Trust take over the Heel Way Project. But Island Housing Trust turned down the offer, O’Byrne said.

“My board wanted to have more input into what was done, how it was done, and may have come to the same conclusions, but they didn’t just want to implement another organization’s project,” she said.

Some opposition is also connected to who is funding the project and what they plan next. Mount Desert 365 has other properties around town, and there is concern that all of them will be developed with a similar density.

“I’m going to address the elephant in the room,” said summer resident Betsy Kelly during a March 2023 planning board meeting, prefacing her comments by saying, as almost all opponents did, that she “fully supported the building of affordable housing in Northeast Harbor.”

“I’ve never seen a master plan from Mount Desert 365,” Kelly said. “The pockets are so deep, and the power and the control that MD 365 has is, or perceived to have, is very, very great.”

Several of the seven summer residents who sued to stop the project own summer homes down Smallidge Point Road, which begins a few hundred feet away from the Heel Way site, next to a sign that reads: “Private Road. Owners and Guests Only.”

The road is named after Smallidge Point, a small peninsula that forms the western shore of Gilpatrick Cove, ending near a private wooden bridge leading to the Northeast Harbor Fleet, the area’s yacht club.

Stuart Janney III, one of the plaintiffs, lives down this road and has summered in Northeast Harbor for most of his life. Janney is the chairman emeritus of Bessemer Trust, a private wealth management firm that oversees more than $200 billion, as well as a director of the New York Racing Association. Janney owned Orb, the 2013 Kentucky Derby winner.

He owns a summer residence assessed at $3.7 million that is located a quarter-mile from the Heel Way site. He and his wife have also donated tens of thousands to Island Housing Trust, according to the group’s annual reports.

In March 2023, Janney and his wife wrote to the planning board, explaining that Mount Desert 365 had invited them to an event in which the group laid out its plans. The dinner led the pair to conclude that the group’s approach was “ill conceived and not based on facts or analysis.”

“We were not alone,” they wrote.

They said if the Heel Way project were developed “as proposed,” it would “have a profound negative impact on the neighborhood.”

They went on to say the group has “underperformed with past projects” and “has never stated a research-based case for what they propose.”

During a recent phone call, Janney declined to answer many of The Monitor’s questions on the record. But he stressed his desire for a vibrant year-round community.

“We all agree that we want the town to be more vibrant, to not have the lights out in the winter, to have a better workforce environment, to protect the school from going out of business,” Janney said.

“And I would also say that nobody in the community that I have anything to do with has ever had any problem or worry about the fact that we are a community of year-round residents and summer residents. We wouldn’t want it any other way. That’s what we grew up with. Some of my best friends are year-round residents.”

“Housing is a real need,” he added. “But the worst thing in the world for Northeast (Harbor) would have been for this project to go forward and have it be a complete failure.”

Lynne Wheat, another plaintiff, also owns property on Smallidge Point Road.

In October 2023, she wrote to Hanley to express concerns about “too many people and too many cars,” noting that “some child is going to get thrown off their bike, or worse.”

She said she feared the project would serve as a template for Mount Desert 365’s other properties, warning, “We won’t recognize our town in 10 years unless the ordinances are revised.”

Wheat’s Northeast Harbor home, which Decor Maine once called a “classic cottage,” is assessed at $5.2 million. Wheat owns the home, called “Mainstay,” with Allen D. Wheat, the former chief of Credit Suisse First Boston, who was fired in 2001 shortly before the firm agreed to pay $100 million to resolve a federal investigation into alleged abuses related to initial public offerings during the dotcom bubble.

Two other nearby parcels of Mount Desert property worth a combined $2.7 million and owned by separate LLCs have tax bills listed as “care of Lynne Wheat.” The tax bills for all these properties associated with Wheat are sent to a $96 million Palm Beach mansion owned by billionaire Thomas Peterffy. In 2018, Peterffy and Wheat made a donation to an auction for Friends of Acadia in the form of a dinner for 16 “at their new residence” in the tallest residential tower in the Western Hemisphere on Park Avenue in New York.

In an email, Lynn Wheat declined to comment.

Lamont Harris, a plaintiff whose great-grandfather Henry Flagler co-founded Standard Oil with John D. Rockefeller, also owns a property on Smallidge Point Road. Harris’ summer home is assessed at $4.2 million. He also owns a $5 million house in West Palm Beach, Fla.

He signed a letter, with several opponents and other plaintiffs, that said the project was “not consistent with neighboring homesteads” and “anyone driving around this project location can see that the homes in this section of Northeast Harbor have an abundance of acreage and open space around each single-family home.”

The Monitor was unable to contact Harris.

Throughout the process, he has mostly let the group’s attorney, Grady Burns, do the talking.

“This proposed density is substantially larger than any comparable parcel in the area,” Burns said during a June 2023 planning board meeting. “These standards exist not just to make us feel good about the aesthetics of our neighborhoods, they are to protect the interests of property owners who have invested already in this community with the understanding that their neighborhoods, their communities, will change in a way that is measured, that is consistent with their expectations.”

Marc Cannon and his wife Ann, both plaintiffs, bought a house in 2004 for $400,000 that sits about 100 yards from the project. It was recently assessed at $562,000.

“Everybody wants the town to prosper in the winter and everybody wants it to be successful, but you’ve got to be thoughtful about it,” Cannon said during a phone interview, adding that “the lot sat empty for four or five years and 365 didn’t even keep it up. They weren’t mowing the lawn. It looked terrible.” (Mount Desert 365 didn’t mow where the former residents had a vegetable garden, but the group did mow the lawn next to the house, Miller said, adding that she often did the mowing.)

Cannon declined to answer other questions on the record. Last year he retired from his position as chief customer experience officer for AutoNation Inc., a $6 billion publicly traded automotive retailer.

Cannon’s sister, Melissa Cannon Guzy, is also a plaintiff and owns a $1 million property close by. Guzy is the co-founder and managing partner of Arbor Ventures, a Singapore-based venture capital fund. She is also on Jackson Laboratory’s board of trustees.

The plaintiff who lives closest to the project site is Joseph T. Ryerson III.

Ryerson and his wife Barbara (who is not listed in the lawsuit but was involved in circulating the petition) own a home with a driveway that runs parallel to the lot’s property line.

Joseph T. Ryerson III is the great-great-grandson of Joseph T. Ryerson, whose company supplied steel to Ford when it began manufacturing cars. Today it’s traded on the New York Stock Exchange and worth more than $600 million. The Ryersons’ Northeast Harbor home is assessed at $842,500, and they also own a $1.1 million home in Massachusetts.

Ryerson has focused his opposition on the minutiae of the Heel Way project, emails sent to the planning board show, including questions about the capacity of the sewer line. In one email he noted the project could cause “a major disruption for present sewer easement holders, not to mention significant environmental damage to an area historically natural and unspoiled in appearance, enjoyed by present easement holders for walks, and being a pathway to and fro for deer, fox, felines, turkeys and others.”

The Ryersons declined to comment when a reporter knocked on their door last month.

Nearby, in the driveway of a house directly across Manchester Road from the Heel Way project, Bill Newlin Jr. had a different take. Explaining that his parents owned the home (assessed at $3.2 million) and that his extended family has summered in the village for decades, he said his family had no problem with the project.

“We’re very cognizant of the need for affordable housing,” Newlin said. “What are we going to do, oppose it? That’s not a good look.”

Last year, Ned Herrington, a lifelong summer resident of Northeast Harbor who recently started at Stanford Law School, started a petition in support of the Heel Way subdivision after reading the petition against the development, which he thought “painted the summer residents in town in a terrible light.”

He wanted to show the planning board “that the summer residents weren’t a monolith.” The petition was signed by 225 people.

“I think these NIMBYs are operating against their own self-interest,” Herrington said. “They just don’t realize that if the winter community and the town suffer, that will cost them, too.”

The town of Mount Desert has a unique dynamic, although one common to communities with seasonal residents who own expensive properties: Summer residents pay the lion’s share of the taxes, but because they are not year-round residents, they can’t vote.

Despite a 20 percent increase in the town’s total property valuation between 2022 and 2024, Mount Desert’s mill rate increased by about 15 percent in the same period. Meaning the town had to raise taxes even though it had more money coming into its coffers.

“You have to pay a higher premium for wages to convince people and make it worth their while to come down,” said Lunt, the town manager. “So the property values go up, also the costs of the government go up.”

In 2021, the local nonprofit Northeast Harbor Ambulance Service notified the town of Mount Desert that it couldn’t continue to operate. The town’s dwindling year-round population had made recruiting enough volunteers impossible.

So the town took over ambulance and EMS duties in 2022. It expanded the fire department, enlarging its roster from four to 14 employees, renovated one fire station and rebuilt another, adding quarters, bunks and day rooms. The final price for the facilities was around $6 million.

Responsibility for building out this new organization fell to the fire chief, Michael Bender. He had to hire a dozen or so new staff members, but hasn’t been able to fill the last paramedic position. They’ve advertised the job nationally for two years, Bender said, but have had no luck, despite paying some of the highest wages in the state.

“When people start looking at and researching the housing here, they realize they can’t afford to live here,” he said.

About half of the department’s staff live on the island; the other half come from farther away. One drives in from Old Town, north of Bangor. It’s about a 55-mile drive each way, taking nearly three hours round-trip.

Even caretakers who look after seasonal properties while owners are away seem to be moving off the island, Bender said.

It used to be that if the department responded to a fire alarm in the middle of the night during the off-season, they could find someone nearby who had a key to the residence.

Now, he said, “sometimes we’re waiting half an hour for somebody to come from off island.”

As the lawsuit awaits a decision from Maine’s high court, change is happening at Mount Desert 365. In the spring, the Rales brothers resigned from the group’s board.

New board president Rick Savage — a lifelong Northeast Harbor resident, chair of the Mount Desert harbor committee and owner of a chartered boat tour company — supported the Heel Way project in communications with the planning board before joining the organization.

For now, he said, Mount Desert 365 is putting the Heel Way project “on the back burner.”

He wants the organization to pivot to a “much smaller” project on one of its other nearby properties on Summit Road, which would likely be a duplex, as a sort of proof-of-concept.

Mount Desert 365 has also met with some plaintiffs, who “offered to drop the lawsuit if we would make concessions,” Savage said. “I don’t think the board is in a position to make any concessions.”

But the group is in the process of assembling an advisory board, and is considering some of the plaintiffs as potential members.

As for the Rales brothers, they took a step back because they had become a lightning rod for criticism, Miller said.

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Meanwhile, the summer season is winding down. Kids are back in school, and visitors are limited to what some in the local restaurant business call “newlyweds and nearly deads” — tourists on either side of their child-raising years. By the end of October, the stores will close up and the multi-million-dollar yachts will leave for warmer climes.

Anastasia, the Acadia maintenance worker, is holding out hope for the project despite opponents’ fears.

“It’s not reality that they’re fearful of,” he said. “It’s not a justifiable set of things that are legitimate concerns.”

It’s not just that the bad things predicted by the naysayers won’t happen, Anastasia explained. It’s that good things would happen.

Should the Heel Way project succeed, he said, the community would be enriched by more year-round residents taking an interest in their surroundings and their neighbors: “It’s year-round housing for year-round people who call this place home.”

He said he often walks by the Heel Way property in the winter. He can see the houses of the neighbors, some of whom have gone to great lengths to stop the project. The lights are always off, their houses cold and dark.

“They’re all empty,” he said.”

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Do Sustainable Roofs Work for Manchester's Climate?

Manchester does not find anything new in rain-heavy skies, cold winds, and the occasional unsuspected sunny day. So, are sustainable roofs an answer to these changing climates? Let us dig deep and see the facts and solutions.  

What Makes a Roof Sustainable?

A sustainable roof is more than just a fashionable buzzword. It is created to be long-lasting, energy-conserving, and minimally harmful to the environment.   

Green roofs have vegetation on them, while solar panel systems and even cool roofs feature reflective surfaces that reduce the carbon footprint of your house. But can such eco-friendly solutions stand this place's infamous drizzle and dampness?  

How Does Manchester's Weather Affect Roofing?  

Rain is a frequent visitor to this place, and sustainable roofs are not easy to deal with. For instance, a green roof requires good drainage to avoid water logging and protect the structure below.   

A cool roof, on the other hand, requires a durable coating that can resist constant wet conditions without breaking down with time. This is why investing in residential roofing services in Manchester is very important. A good roofing expert ensures your roof is customized for your home and weather requirements.  

Benefits of Sustainable Roofs in a Rainy Climate  

You may wonder, "Why invest in sustainable roofing in a region where the sun sees rain more than the sun? 

The response is in long-term gains. Green roofs mitigate storm water. Therefore, there will be reduced stress on the city's drainage systems. Furthermore, they warm your home; thus, your energy usage goes down in extremely cold winter times.  

In return, solar roofs do not come into full utilization under grey skies; however, they will be more than sufficient power to be produced and felt. 

What to Look Out For? 

While sustainable roofs offer so many benefits, they have their flaws. You need to maintain it regularly. Sometimes, in green roofs, one needs to check the plants and that the draining mechanism is working.  

Also, cleaning the solar panels is required to keep them free from debris and moss. You would obviously not want anything but the best for your home or business. So, trust the commercial roofing Manchester experts to keep things in order. 

Wrap Up   

All in all, do green roofs work for the city's climate? Absolutely! They bring energy savings, better insulation, and environmental benefits, perfect for homes and businesses. The key is to work with experts who understand the local weather and can deliver top-notch results.  

Suppose you're considering eco-friendly upgrades or need reliable roofing repairs in Manchester. So, choose a trusted roofing professional to get the job done right. The correct installation and care help your green roof flourish under the city's cloudy sky.

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The Risks of Postponing Gutter Repairs: Why You Should Act Early

Gutters keep rainwater away from the foundation, walls, and roof, preventing water damage to your house. Ignoring gutter repairs can result in expensive and dangerous problems. In order to prevent these hazards and preserve the integrity of your house, Manchester homeowners must get gutter repair done as soon as possible.

Water Damage to Your Home

Gutter overflow around your foundation from clogged or damaged gutters might result in water damage if gutter repair in Manchester is put off. This may cause mold, cracks, and structural damage as a result of water seeping into walls, basements, and flooring. Costly interior and foundation repairs can be avoided with prompt repairs.

Roof Damage and Leaks

Delaying gutter repairs also increases your chance of roof damage. Gutter blockages from dirt, leaves, or twigs can trap water on the roof and cause it to back up behind the shingles. Long-term harm could arise from roof leaks caused by this stored water, even though they might not be apparent right away. Your roofing materials' lifespan can be shortened by continuous exposure to water, which can also rot the wood and harm the underlayment. By directing water away from your roof, gutter repair manchester helps to keep leaks at bay and extends the lifespan of your roof. 

Pest Infestations

Additionally, clogged gutters might serve as a pest breeding ground. In addition to encouraging mosquitoes to breed, standing water in gutters also draws rodents and insects that can build their nests in the debris. Eventually, these pests might infiltrate your house, resulting in additional harm and health issues. Infestations that necessitate expensive pest control services may result from the problem becoming harder to handle over time. By keeping gutters free of debris, routine gutter repair in Manchester reduces the likelihood that pests will establish a home there and avoids these problems.

Increased Repair Costs

Lastly, postponing gutter repairs may result in increased expenses later on. Even seemingly insignificant problems, like a loose gutter or a blocked downspout, can become much more serious and costly if ignored. A minor gutter repair now can save money on a more extensive renovation or replacement later on. You can prevent the additional stress and cost of coping with serious damage later on by taking early action.

Conclusion

A number of hazards, including water damage, roof leaks, bug infestations, erosion, and higher repair expenses, can result from delaying gutter repair in Manchester. Prompt repairs shield your house from these problems, maintain the structural soundness of your foundation and roof, and keep your landscaping looking lovely. You can protect your house and avoid future costly repairs by taking care of gutter issues early. For years to come, keep your house safe and secure by investing in gutter repair now, before it's too late.

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Efficient and Secure Solutions for Van Transport and Storage

Greater Manchester, with its blend of urban centers and expansive outskirts, presents unique logistical challenges for trade professionals. Professionals need a reliable solution to transport large or cumbersome equipment without compromising space within the vehicle. Van Roof Racks Greater Manchester offers an ideal solution, as these racks allow for the secure transport of items like ladders, long tools, and materials.

Roof racks come in various sizes and designs, compatible with different van types, and are usually made of durable, corrosion-resistant materials like aluminum and steel. This is crucial for handling the Greater Manchester weather, which can shift rapidly, exposing vehicles to rain, hail, and occasional snow. High-quality roof racks withstand these elements, ensuring that equipment remains secure during transit and at job sites, even during inclement weather. Moreover, by freeing up internal space, professionals can maintain a more organized van interior, improving both accessibility and efficiency.

Benefits of the Van Guard Pipe Carrier for Secure Transport

For plumbing, construction, and other industries that frequently transport long pipes and tubes, a Van Guard Pipe Carrier is an invaluable addition. This tool is specifically designed to carry pipes securely on the roof of the van, protecting them from the risks of transport damage, theft, and exposure to weather. Unlike conventional transport methods, where pipes are stacked or crammed within the vehicle, the Van Guard Pipe Carrier provides a dedicated, lockable storage solution, preventing movement and noise while driving.

Pipe carriers are typically designed to fit a wide range of van roof racks, making them a versatile choice for various van types. With their sleek design and solid construction, they protect valuable materials, reducing the risk of costly replacements. The lockable feature also deters theft, an increasing concern in busy urban areas like Greater Manchester. Using a pipe carrier, professionals can transport long items efficiently, while retaining more space for other essential tools and materials inside the vehicle.

Choosing the Right Roof Rack and Pipe Carrier for Your Needs

Selecting the right Van Roof Racks Greater Manchester setup and pipe carrier involves considering several factors, such as the size and weight of items typically transported, vehicle specifications, and security requirements. For trades that regularly handle larger, heavier materials, roof racks with higher load capacities are essential to ensure stability and safety during transport.

Considerations for pipe carriers include the length of pipes usually carried and the frequency of access. Many carriers, including the Van Guard Pipe Carrier, come with specialized end caps, allowing for quick and easy access to stored materials without the need to remove the carrier from the roof rack. This accessibility is a time-saving feature that streamlines the loading and unloading process, crucial for busy professionals on tight schedules.

Additionally, ensuring compatibility between your van model, chosen roof rack, and pipe carrier is important for maintaining stability on the road. Many providers in Greater Manchester offer installation services, which is recommended for optimizing the setup and ensuring a secure fit.

Enhancing Efficiency and Organization with Roof Racks and Pipe Carriers

Beyond transportation, utilizing Van Roof Racks Greater Manchester and the Van Guard Pipe Carrier promotes greater organization within the van. By moving large and cumbersome items to the roof, professionals can optimize the internal layout of their vehicle, creating designated spaces for small tools, electrical devices, and other essentials. This organization is essential for boosting productivity, as items are easily accessible and less prone to damage from overcrowding.

An organized van also leaves a positive impression on clients and colleagues, highlighting the professionalism and preparedness of the tradesperson. In competitive industries, these small touches can set a professional apart, demonstrating their commitment to providing efficient and reliable service.

Safety and Security: Prioritizing Investment in Quality Equipment

Security is a significant concern in Greater Manchester, as trade professionals often work in crowded areas where theft can be a risk. Investing in quality equipment like the Van Guard Pipe Carrier and reliable Van Roof Racks Greater Manchester helps safeguard valuable tools and materials. High-quality racks and carriers are constructed with security in mind, often featuring lockable mechanisms that prevent unauthorized access to the items stored on the roof.

Moreover, a well-secured load reduces the risk of accidents on the road. Overloaded vans with unsecured equipment are hazardous, both to the driver and other road users. The right roof rack and pipe carrier reduce this risk, ensuring that items remain in place, even on busy or uneven roads. This attention to safety aligns with regional guidelines and enhances the professional image of the tradesperson.

The Environmental Benefits of Organized Van Transport

Apart from practical and security benefits, the use of Van Roof Racks Greater Manchester and a Van Guard Pipe Carrier can positively impact the environment. By creating an organized space within the vehicle, professionals can optimize routes, reduce fuel consumption, and decrease the frequency of trips needed to transport equipment. With Greater Manchester’s focus on sustainability and environmental responsibility, efficient transport solutions that reduce emissions contribute to a more eco-friendly approach to business operations.

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At 22, Henry Bolduc was hired by Moreau Roofing and steadily worked his way up the ladder of success.

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Henry and other associates purchased the company and renamed it Master Roofers.

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Henry Bolduc became president, while sons Paul, Vince, and Roger began learning while also serving their country 

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After more than 30 years of leading the company, Henry Bolduc retired. Vince became president, and Roger served as project manager. 

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Dan Bolduc, son of Vince, assumed many of the managerial duties from his father and continues to run operations for the company.

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Three generations of the Bolduc family have made Master Roofers the most respected and trusted Manchester NH roofing contractor. 

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A baby whose body was found in a shed spent much of her life being carried in a Lidl "bag for life" while her parents lived "off-grid", a court has heard.

Constance Marten, 36, and Mark Gordon, 49, are on trial for the manslaughter of newborn Victoria, whose body was discovered in March 2023 after a weeks-long search for the family.

Prosecutors said the baby would still be alive if it were not for the "reckless" behaviour of the defendants.

The pair deny the charges.

Outlining the case against the defendants, prosecutor Tom Little KC told jurors the couple previously had four other children, all of whom had been taken into care after extensive involvement from social services.

He said the couple "essentially went off-grid" and lived outside to avoid social services removing their new baby, concealing the pregnancy from family and the health service.

The Old Bailey heard that only the defendants knew the precise date the baby was born, but the prosecution said she appeared to have been born after 28 December 2022.

On 5 January, a car the family had allegedly been travelling in was discovered on fire on a road in Greater Manchester. When it was searched a placenta wrapped in a towel was found inside.

The couple had left before police arrived and a high-risk missing persons inquiry was launched.

Two days later, Mr Little KC told jurors they dumped a buggy in London and "the child was transferred and carried in a Lidl 'bag for life' where it would appear it spent much of its life before it died".

Jurors were told the couple lived in a tent alongside their baby in "freezing and obviously dangerous conditions" - conditions which prosecutors allege ultimately led to her death.

Mr Little KC told jurors Ms Marten and Mr Gordon spent hundreds of pounds on taxi journeys while classed as missing people rather than putting it towards a "roof over their heads and warmth and safety".

He said that by the middle of February 2023 they had been "living rough for over a month", sometimes in "freezing cold, windy and wet" weather, and at one stage the couple were scavenging for food from from bins.

The jury was told Ms Marten - who was not in court to hear the prosecution's opening - did not have a "deprived upbringing" and had "potential access to the money and whatever help she needed".

There was a sighting of Victoria as late as 19 February but the baby was not with Ms Marten and Mr Gordon when they were arrested on 27 February. When officers detained the couple, Ms Marten had what appeared to be stuffing from furniture inside her clothing, and Mr Gordon was still wearing a Christmas jumper.

On 1 March, prosecutors say baby Victoria's body was found in a shed in Brighton in the same Lidl bag she had been seen being carried in, covered in rubbish.

Pathologists have been unable to establish a cause of death.

In a police interview after the body was found, Ms Marten gave conflicting dates for Victoria's death, but said she had fallen asleep sitting up holding the baby in her jacket and awoke to find her dead.

She told officers she kept the body because she wanted an autopsy to be performed, adding: "I've been carrying her around not knowing what to do."

Ms Marten also told police she and Mr Gordon had planned to buy a flat but were recognised when they travelled to London to find one.

She continued: "In order to save [the baby] from the services, then we would have to probably remove ourselves from society till we could find a house"

Mr Gordon told police their situation went "really down really quickly" after their car caught fire with possessions inside.

Ms Marten said in an interview they considered turning themselves in and insisted the baby had adequate clothing to survive outdoors, which the prosecution disputes.

Mr Little KC said the couple had put their relationship and "view of life" above the baby's safety, adding Victoria "would still be alive... if it was not for the reckless, utterly selfish, callous, cruel, arrogant and ultimately grossly negligent conduct of these two defendants".

Ms Marten and Mr Gordon are charged with manslaughter by gross negligence of their baby between 4 January 2023 and 27 February 2023.

The couple are also accused of four other offences : cruelty to their baby; concealment of the baby's birth; causing or allowing her death; and perverting the course of justice by concealing the body.

The trial continues.

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The Importance of Gutter Maintenance: Tips for Longevity

Rainwater runoff from the roof and foundation is diverted by gutters, preventing water damage to your house. In doing so, problems like erosion, flooding, and mold development are avoided. Regrettably, frequent gutter cleaning is neglected by many homeowners. For your property's general health, as well as the gutters' lifespan, regular cleaning and upkeep are essential.

Why Gutter Maintenance Matters

Gutter clogging caused by debris and leaves might eventually impede water flow and result in overflow. This can harm the outside of your house, cause leaks in the basement, and leave behind standing water that draws bugs. Neglected gutters can lead to serious issues in rainy areas like Manchester. Maintaining your home safely requires routine upkeep.

Tips for Effective Gutter Maintenance

Regular Inspections: At least twice a year, preferably in the spring and fall, check your gutters. Inspect for indications of rust, blockages, or drooping. Take quick action to fix any problems you see to stop more harm from happening.

Clean Your Gutters: Maintaining the functionality of your gutters requires regular cleaning. To make sure that water runs easily, remove dirt, leaves, and debris. You might need to clean your gutters more frequently if you are in a densely forested area.

Use Gutter Guards: To reduce the accumulation of debris, think about adding gutter guards. These protectors serve as a screen, letting water pass through while keeping branches and leaves out. The frequency of cleanings may be greatly decreased as a result.

Check Downspouts: Water should be directed six feet or more away from your foundation via clean drains. Water accumulating close to your house due to clogged downspouts raises the possibility of foundation damage.

Monitor the Roof: Additionally, pay attention to your roof. Your gutters may accumulate debris if you have damaged or missing shingles. This issue can be avoided with routine roof care.

Inspect for Damage: Keep an eye out for deterioration indicators like leaks, holes, or corrosion. To prolong the life of your gutters, it's critical to fix any problems as soon as you discover them.

Consider Professional Help: Do not hesitate to hire specialists if gutter maintenance seems overwhelming. Gutter upkeep and cleaning are areas of expertise for numerous respectable services in Manchester. Employing professionals in gutter installation manchester can guarantee quality work and save you time.

Seasonal Preparation: Make sure your gutters are clear and in working order before the rainy season begins. Taking preventative measures during periods of severe rains can help avoid emergencies.

The Long-Term Benefits

Maintaining your gutters regularly will increase their lifespan and shield your house from water damage. Gutter care maintains the value of a house; gutter neglect can lead to expensive repairs and the growth of mold.

Conclusion

In order to ensure durability and minimize water damage, gutter care is essential. Engage a knowledgeable gutter installation Manchester company for gutter maintenance or replacement. Maintaining your home's structure and beauty both benefit from regular care.

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For your property's security, you must hire a reputable roofing company in Glastonbury. roofer Glastonbury ct In addition to providing weather protection, a roof can enhance the appearance of your home from the street. When we install or repair roofs, we don't always take the extra precautions that are necessary. When evident leakage indications appear, such as watermarks, the issue escalates.

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Any property, regardless of size, is susceptible to leaks caused by natural disasters or failing materials. The lifespan of your roof will decrease the longer you put off fixing these problems. It is quite possible to perform two yearly roof inspections and maintenance. Roofing professionals in Glastonbury, CT advise against assessing the roof in the middle of winter, when damage is most severe, and instead should wait until late spring or early fall. Picture

The basic objective of routine maintenance is to stop minor issues from growing into larger ones. A roof may require repairs for a variety of reasons, such as broken shingles, gutters, decaying wood, a leaky chimney, vent pipes, a power vent, a valley leak, or any combination of these problems. Conversely, homes in areas frequently hit by extreme weather typically require new roofs. Even though the majority of Connecticut roofing firms can find ways to lower your costs, replacing a roof is still a costly project.

Consider hiring a professional roofer to save costs. Early on roofing business hiring in Glastonbury, CT can save you money and time. Sometimes it takes more than a positive approach and self-belief. You have an inherent confidence that comes from within.

Working with a trustworthy roofing company in Glastonbury, CT is a good choice if you want to maintain the condition of your roof and avoid expensive repairs. Utilizing state-of-the-art technology and superior materials, they provide unparalleled roofing replacement or repair services, showcasing their dedication to customer satisfaction. contractors for roofing in Glastonbury, CT A roof's lifespan can be increased by frequent maintenance. Get in touch with Glastonbury's best roofing company, BP Builders, for additional information on safeguarding your roof.

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