An Envelope From a Stranger Saved My Family From Losing Our Home

retainer to hire an attorney to search the archives.”

“Why would he go to all this trouble for a few older suburban lots?” I asked.

“The county is planning to run a new four-lane access road through your block next autumn,” Arthur said. “The state will pay four times the market value for those properties, but only if they are vacant land.”

I looked down continue reading …