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Regulations for Notaries Public Undergo Legal Refinement

The role of a notary public is to, among other things, authenticate the execution of public documents. However, there have been instances where a notary has gone further and offered advice or legal assistance to those signing documents. New regulations passed by the...

P&A Welcomes Daniel Lopez as our New Associate Attorney

Daniel comes to us with four years of legal experience in the Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Small Claims and Document Review sectors. He attended Villanova Law School in Pennsylvania, earning his JD in 2012. Prior to that, Daniel went to Boston College where he was a...

Amazon PrimeAir Performs Initial Drone Delivery

The Seattle based company was forced to move drone delivery testing to the UK where the government allows the controversial machines to fly beyond the operator’s line of sight. It took 13 minutes from click to touch-down in the (wide open and easily navigable)...

Fire Destroys Thousands of Donated Toys on Cape Cod

The fire occurred on October 28, 2016 at Joint Base Cape Cod, destroying a warehouse full of donated gifts intended for military families. The tragedy puts the Cape Cod Military Support Foundation’s annual December 11th toy drive and Christmas party for military...

Perkins & Anctil Salutes the Nation’s Veterans

We would like to extend our appreciation to all the nation’s veterans who served in the, Navy, National Guard, Air Force, Marines, Air National Guard, Coast Guard and Army. The day of celebration originally commemorated the end of World War I and was called Armistice...

Historic Haverhill Shoe Factory was Converted to Condominiums

The Finney Block at 52-58 Washington Street, Haverhill, MA was built for Lawrence A. Finney, an Irish immigrant who owned the Finney Shoe Manufacturing Company, located on the city’s riverfront. One of over 60 shoe factories in the neighborhood, it helped anchor the...

Attorney Kim Alley Completed the Marine Corps Marathon

30,000 people filled the route through Arlington, VA, Rosslyn, Georgetown, Palisades, and most major monuments in Washington, DC before returning to Crystal City, Virginia and then to the finish at the Marine Corps War Memorial. It marks the 41st running of the event...

Site Work Has Begun on the Groton Inn

Passersby to the property at 128 Main Street, Groton will notice a tremendous amount of activity these days in the form of tree removal and the sifting of topsoil. Machine operators are on the lookout for artifacts and pieces of split granite that may have survived...

Former P&A Intern Megan Johnson Headed to the US Attorney’s Office

Megan worked at our office last summer as a legal intern performing case management duties, client outreach, legal research, closing files and even functioning as our receptionist for a time. She will be heading in the spring to the office of the US Attorney for the...

Student Loan Debt Continues to Rise

With tuition costs increasing drastically over recent decades, student loan debt is now the largest type of consumer debt among Americans with a total amount just below that of mortgages. 70% of the 54 million working millennials are facing the issue and it is having...

Lenders Have a Third Party Interest in Condominium Loans

Buying a condominium unit seems like the easiest way into the real estate market because of the typically reduced cost comparted to a single family home in most markets. However, the involvement of a condominium association in a transaction raises concerns for lenders...

Fun Amenities Appear in Some Condominiums

Anyone listing a high powered pair of community association rooftop binoculars or a common area devoted to tracking the stock market as a must-have can rest easy knowing these items are now available at certain condominiums. In fact, the Wall Street Journal has an...

TV’s “Modern Family” Sitcom Spawns Realtor Advertising Campaign

As is happening across media of all types, another level of multi-level marketing has hit the Prime-Time airwaves. The National Association of Realtors, which distinguishes between real estate agents (potentially unaccredited sales people) and Relators (a member of...

P&A Employees Give Back to their Community

Leading by example, Charles Perkins, Esq. Cindy Napoli and Robert Anctil, Esq. personally contributed to the 100 Good Men fundraiser held on September 22, 2016 at the Billiards Café in Ayer to support the town of Littleton Alumni Field Maintenance Fund as well as two...

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