The townhouse’s owner, Roger Landroth, was an adjunct professor of stenography at Baruch College. He died last year and entrusted his neighbor of more than 25 years, Mark Longo, to oversee the home’s sale.
Mr. Landroth kept a candlestick phone and a crank phonograph in the home, which was declared a city landmark in 1973.
“He really wasn’t one for modern amenities,” said Mr. Longo’s wife Judy. “All the things that interested him were of a time before him.”
The home was purchased in 1964 by Mr. Landroth’s mother, Katherine A. Landroth, according to property records. After his mother died, Mr.
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“General” Donna Berger frowned. Saturday’s boot camp recruits were still chatting in the crowded room.
Only these weren’t fresh, head-shaven troops. These were mostly veterans of the Early Bird Special, the elder statesmen of condominium and homeowners associations gathering to hear the latest advice on governing communities during one of South Florida’s most challenging economic times.
“Quiet, soldiers!” barked Berger, a fatigue-clad attorney and executive director of the nonprofit Community Advocacy Network, which advocates and educates about community associations.
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ITT Information Systems signed a lease for 26,708 square feet at 7855 Walker Drive in Greenbelt, MD.
After almost three years of protests, ITT has been awarded the Space Communications Network Services (SCNS) contract by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to support its space and near-Earth networks. ITT was previously awarded the SCNS contract in October 2008 and again in April 2009 and July 2010, but NASA’s commencement of the contract work was delayed due to a number of protests filed by the incumbent contractor. The contract has a maximum potential value with all options exercised of $1.26 billion.
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Thousands of struggling homeowners in Florida will receive up to a year-and-a-half’s worth of mortgage payments from the state’s Hardest Hit program, which opens for applications next month.
It’s the first time the more than $1 billion in federal funding will be available statewide. Lee County homeowners were able to request funding beginning in the fall as part of a test of the program.
Aimed at unemployed homeowners or those who have jobs but don’t earn enough to pay their mortgage, the money, which was announced last year, can be used to make loan payments for up to 18 months and to bring delinquent loans current.
The highest amount a person can receive is $35,000.
“We believe between the two strategies we can help about 20,000 people,” said Cecka Rose Green, communications director for the Florida Housing Finance Corporation, which is overseeing the program.
Green acknowledged the help is modest considering the number of troubled loans in the state.
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